The prognosis of elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A multi-center 19-year experience in Japan.

Takeshi Hatanaka Satoru Kakizaki Atsushi Hiraoka Kazuya KariyamaKunihiko TsujiToru IshikawaHidenori ToyodaSatoshi YasudaAtsushi Naganuma Toshifumi TadaKoichi TakaguchiAkemi TsutsuiEi ItobayashiNoritomo ShimadaHiroshi ShibataTakaaki TanakaTakuya NaganoMichitaka ImaiShinichiro NakamuraKazuhiro NousoHisashi KosakaMasaki KaiboriTakashi Kumadanull null

Published in: Cancer medicine (2022)

Survival in elderly patients was not improved despite an improvement in their liver function. Curative treatments should be conducted when appropriate after evaluating each elderly patient.

Keyphrases

middle aged
community dwelling
case report
rectal cancer
prognostic factors