Clinicopathologic factors on postoperative tumor recurrence and long-term survival

The unique anatomical position of caudate lobe hepatocellular carcinoma and the relatively small number of surgical cases means that the impact of clinicopathologic factors on postoperative tumor recurrence and long-term survival have not been reported. A research group in China performed a single-center retrospective study of 114 cases of caudate lobe HCC and found that the subsegmental location of the tumor, presence of liver cirrhosis and size of the surgical margin affected long-term survival.

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