Microvascular invasion predicts a poor prognosis of solitary hepatocellular carcinoma up to 2 cm based on propensity score matching analysis.

Han WangMeng-Chao WuWen-Ming Cong

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2018)

MVI had a negative impact on the prognosis of solitary HCC up to 2 cm after curative hepatectomy. The 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system could be improved by subdividing solitary HCC up to 2 cm according to MVI.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
long non coding rna
papillary thyroid
rare case
cell migration
rectal cancer
pet ct
squamous cell carcinoma
prognostic factors
lymph node metastasis
data analysis