| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Retrospective Cohort Study |
| Article Title |
Hepatocellular carcinoma treated by conventional transarterial chemoembolization in field-practice: Serum sodium predicts survival
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| Manuscript Source |
Unsolicited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Marco Biolato, Luca Miele, Vittoria Vero, Simona Racco, Carmine Di Stasi, Roberto Iezzi, Andrea Zanché, Maurizio Pompili, Gian Ludovico Rapaccini, Giuseppe La Torre, Antonio Gasbarrini and Antonio Grieco |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
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| Corresponding Author |
Antonio Grieco, MD, Professor of Medicine, Hepatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Policlinico Gemelli Hospital and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo Agostino Gemelli n 8, 00168 Rome, Italy. agrieco@rm.unicatt.it |
| Key Words |
Liver cancer; Sorafenib; Hyponatremia; Model for end-stage liver disease sodium; Chemoembolization |
| Core Tip |
This work describes, in a retrospective cohort of 270 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with conventional transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) at our institution, the prognostic role of baseline clinical, biochemical and radiological characteristics of patients. Besides well-known prognostic parameters like portal vein thrombosis, nodule diameter and number of lesions, this study underlines the independent prognostic role of serum sodium, a well-known prognostic parameter in the field of liver cirrhosis, but less investigated in the field of hepatocellular carcinoma. Our study is the first to document the prognostic role of serum sodium in patients with HCC treated with TACE in a Western center. |
| Publish Date |
2014-07-03 15:30 |
| Citation |
Biolato M, Miele L, Vero V, Racco S, Di Stasi C, Iezzi R, Zanché A, Pompili M, Rapaccini GL, La Torre G, Gasbarrini A, Grieco A. Hepatocellular carcinoma treated by conventional transarterial chemoembolization in field-practice: Serum sodium predicts survival. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(25): 8158-8165 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i25/8158.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i25.8158 |
