Age independent survival benefit for patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing percutaneous cryoablation: A propensity scores matching study.
Huixin ZhangMuoyan XuJiashen ShaoHuifang KongXudong GaoWei ZhangXiujuan ChangBin YangYan ChenZheng DongJiagan HuangZhen ZengYongping YangPublished in: Frontiers in oncology (2023)
Our propensity-score-matched study suggested that elderly patients with small HCC can achieve acceptable prognostic outcomes with PFS similar to those of younger patients with small HCC after treatment with CRYO, while Child-Pugh grade, bilirubin and serum albumin levels were associated with the prognosis of small HCCs.