A retrospective study based on analysis of medical records of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated at the Hospital Sírio-Libanês (Sao Paulo-Brazil) between 2001 and 2011 with diagnosis confirmed by imaging or histological specimen underwent surgical resection with curative intent. The study aims to determine the prognostic value of vascular complications related to cancer and to evaluate the survival rate of these patients, comparing the data with those reported in the literature.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Hospital Sírio-Libanês
São Paulo, Brazil
Prognosis (disease graduation)
The carcinoma prognosis in the presence of vascular complications related to cancer, characterized by invasion or portal vein thrombosis.
Time frame: 1 to 3 years
Survival rate in years
Determination of the survival rate within 1 to 3 years for those submitted to curative hepatectomy.
Time frame: 1 to 3 years
Relation established between survival and degree of underlying liver dysfunction
Investigate a possible relationship between survival and degree of underlying liver dysfunction in patients with thrombosis or portal vein invasion in patients undergoing curative hepatectomy.
Time frame: 1 to 3 years
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