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A study of 3013 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma: Etiology and therapy before and during the current decade
Miao-Shan Lim 1 , George B-B Goh 1 , Jason P-E Chang 1 , Jee-Keem Low 2 , Vishalkumar G Shelat 2 , Terence C-W Huey 2 , Yock-Young Dan 3 , Alfred Kow 4 , Iyer Shridhar 4 , Poh-Seng Tan 3 , Sameer P Junnarkar 2 , Chee-Kiat Tan 1
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1
Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology Singapore General Hospital Singapore.
2
Department of General Surgery (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Service) Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore.
3
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medicine Cluster National University Health System Singapore.
4
Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University Surgical Cluster National University Health System Singapore.
PMID: 34584969 PMCID: PMC8454472 DOI: 10.1002/jgh3.12624
Abstract
Background and aim: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a significant global problem. With advances in HCC diagnosis and therapy, our hypothesis is that there are significant differences in the clinical characteristics and treatment of HCC over the years.
Methods: Patients with HCC between 1980 and 2018 from three major tertiary hospitals in Singapore were enrolled into a Research Electronic Data Capture database. Clinical characteristics and treatment of HCC were compared between those diagnosed before 2008 (cohort A) and during the current decade (ie from 2008 onwards) (cohort B).
Results: There were 3013 patients. Mean age of HCC diagnosis was significantly older in cohort B (68.6 vs 61.2 years, P < 0.001). The most common etiology remained as chronic hepatitis B infection but the proportion due to hepatitis B was significantly lower in cohort B (46.6% vs 57.2%, P < 0.0001). The prevalence of cryptogenic/non-alcoholic steatohepatitis was significantly higher in cohort B than cohort A (27.1% vs 18.6%, P < 0.0001). More patients received curative therapy in cohort B (43.7% vs 27.1%, P < 0.0001.
Conclusion: In this largest collection of HCC patients in Singapore, patients are diagnosed with HCC at an older age and cryptogenic/non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is becoming more important as an etiology of HCC in the current decade. More patients also received curative therapy in the current decade.
Keywords: chronic hepatitis B; epidemiology; hepatocellular carcinoma; non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis.
© 2021 The Authors. JGH Open published by Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. |
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