Extrahepatic cancer in liver cirrhosis: A retrospective study of prevalence, complication rate after specific oncological treatment, follow-up and prognostic predictors of outcome…
F Gundling, H Seidl, F Schmidtler, N Löffler, I Strassen, P Heinrich, C Pehl, T Schmidt, W Schepp · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2010 · Heft 09
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Aim: Cancer risk of cirrhotic patients seems to be increased compared to average population due to several factors such as changes in hormonal levels or impaired metabolism of carcinogens. However, major surgery and chemotherapy in subjects with liver dysfunction are associated with increased mortality and morbidity limiting special oncological therapy. Therefore, it was the aim of our present study to (1) investigate the prevalence of extrahepatic cancer, (2) the risk of postinterventional death and longterm survival after specific oncological treatment while evaluating (3) the predictors of survival in a large…
