Morphology and other prognostic factors of hepatocellular carcinoma From: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Date: June 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright College of American Pathologists Jun 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Objective.-Hepatocellular carcinoma is a malignancy found worldwide that has typically poor prognosis despite treatment. Although several studies have dealt with prognostic factors, just a few detailed analyses of large series correlating the pathology of hepatocellular carcinoma with prognosis are available. The present study was undertaken to address this limitation.

Patients and Methods.-Our prior clinical study described 432 patients, but sufficient tissue was available for evaluation in only 299 patients. Of these, 224 samples contained primary hepatocellular carcinoma, while the ...

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