Early Fibrosis but Late Tumor Stage and Worse Outcomes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Without Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C.
Po-Yao HsuCheng-Ting HsuMing-Lun YehChung-Feng HuangChing-I HuangPo-Cheng LiangYi-Hung LinMing-Yen HsiehYu-Ju WeiMeng-Hsuan HsiehChia-Yen DaiZu-Yau LinShinn-Cherng ChenJee-Fu HuangMing-Lung YuWan-Long ChuangPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2019)
Patients with NBNC-HCC have a higher risk of diabetes than patients with HCC of viral etiologies. Although patients with NBNC-HCC exhibited a milder fibrosis stage, their more advanced HCC stages and worse overall survival should be taken into consideration in clinical care.