Metastasis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Prevalence, determinants, prognostic impact and ability to improve the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer system.

Chia-Yang HsuPo-Hong LiuShu-Yein HoYi-Hsiang HuangYun-Hsuan LeeRheun-Chuan LeeTeddy S NagariaMing-Chih HouTeh-Ia Huo

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)

Metastasis is not uncommon, and is strongly associated with tumoural factors and poor long-term survival in hepatocellular carcinoma. Modification of the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer system based on vascular invasion and metastasis may further improve its predictive accuracy in advanced stage patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
primary care
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis