Follow-up 197 cases with non-operated primary hepatocarcinoma were diagnosed in Viet Duc Hospital between 1992 - 1996
- Author:
Son Hong Trinh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
liver cancer
- MeSH:
Liver Neoplasms;
Medicine, Traditional;
surgery;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):2-6
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
197 cases with primary hepatocarcinoma admitted to Viet Duc Hospital between January 1992 to December 1996 were involved in this retrospective study. Mean age of patients was 45.9. Male to female ratio was 3 to 1. Among these, time of death was known exactly in 90 patients. Results showed that the mean time of survival was 3.96 months, ranged 1 to 12 months. Time of survival was longer in the operable group compared with the non-operable group. Other factors such as age, gender, red and white cell counts, protein level in serum and number of liver tumors did not affect to survival of patients. Treating by traditional medicines can increase the time of survival. Mean bedridden time before death was 19.3 days, ranged from 1 to 180 days. Symptoms observed commonly before death were wasting, abdominal bloating, severe pain, breathing difficulty, yellow skin, dark-colour stool, coma and high fever
