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SUBMITTER: Lee HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8070697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Han Ah HA Park Sunmin S Seo Yeon Seok YS Yoon Won Sup WS Rim Chai Hong CH On Behalf Of The Korean Liver Cancer Study Group
Biology 20210414 4
We aimed to identify the oncologic benefits of local treatment including radiotherapy (LRT) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) invading the portal vein. We used clinical data of patients with HCC invading the portal vein from 2008 to 2014 provided by 50 hospitals nationwide. A total of 1163 patients were included in the analysis. The LRT group was younger than the best supportive care (BSC) group (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The mean Child-Pugh score of the LRT group (6.1) was significantly lower than tha ...[more]