Questionnaire about patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Yamaguchi prefecture.
10.2185/jjrm.37.879
- VernacularTitle:山口県における肝細胞癌アンケート調査の集計結果について
- Author:
Tetsuo MORIMOTO
;
Kinya MURATA
;
Keisuke HINO
;
Tetsuji AKIYAMA
;
Masahiko KOUCHIYAMA
;
Yasuhiko MIYOSHI
;
Minoru MIZUTA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1988;37(4):879-882
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
We have done the questionnaire about patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Yamaguchi prefecture. The result was that 304 cases were answered. The mean age was 62.1 years old, and the ratio of male to female was 3.7 to 1. Abdominal ultrasonography was examined most frequently, and the next was computed tomography as the method of diagnosis. The serum α-fetoprotein level showed less than 400ng/ml in cases of 49.3%. HBs antigen was positive in cases of 15.9%. Positive cases were significantly lower in the mean age as compared with negative cases, and the ratio of male to female was 8.2 to 1. Liver cirrhosis was complicated in cases of 84%.
