Hepatocellular carcinoma in extremely elderly patients:An analysis of clinical characteristics,prognosis and patient survival

瞄准：80 年或更多与肝细胞癌(HCC ) 识别病人的临床、预示的特征。方法：有 HCC 的 1310 个病人的一个总数在这研究被包括。80 年或更多的 91 个病人在 HCC 的诊断的时候被定义为极其老的组。】 或 = 的 234 个病人 50 年但是不到 60 年被认为是非老的组。结果：两性比率(到女性的男性) 比在非老的组在极其老的组(0.90:1 ) 是显著地更低的(3.9:1， P 【 0.001 ) 。为 HBsAg 的积极的率在极其老的组和为显然在极其老的组增加的 HBsAg 和 HCVAb 否定的病人的比例是显著地更低的(P 【 0.001 ) 。在下列参数没有有效差量：肿瘤，分级的孩子呸，肿瘤阶段，门静脉血栓形成或腹水的存在，和为 HCVAb 的积极的率的直径和数字。极其老的病人经常没收到外科疗法(P 【 0.001 ) 并且他们是更可能的收到保守疗法(P 【 0.01 ) 。基于与在二个组之间的全面病人比较的 Kaplan-Meier 方法在幸存曲线没有有效差量。然而，幸存曲线在有阶段 I/II 的极其老的病人是显著地更坏的，上演 I/II，孩子呸分级与非老的组比较的肝硬化。死亡的原因没在病人之中不同，并且大多数盒子甚至在极其老的病人死于肝相关的疾病。结论：在有好肝功能和好表演地位的病人，为 HCC 的好攻击的治疗可能改进幸存率，甚至在极其老的病人。

AIM： To identify the clinical and prognostic features of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC） aged 80 years or more. METHODS： A total of 1310 patients with HCC were included in this study. Ninety-one patients aged 80 years or more at the time of diagnosis of HCC were defined as the extremely elderly group. Two hundred and thirty-four patients aged 〉/ 50 years but less than 60 years were regarded as the non-elderly group. RESULTS： The sex ratio （male to female） was significantly lower in the extremely elderly group （0.90：1） than in the non-elderly group （3.9：1, P〈 0.001）. The positive rate for HBsAg was significantly lower in the extremely elderly group and the proportion of patients negative for HBsAg and HCVAb obviously increased in the extremely elderly group （P〈 0.001）. There were no significant differences in the following parameters： diameter and number of tumors, Child-Pugh grading, tumor staging, presence of portal thrombosis or ascites, and positive rate for HCVAb. Extremely elderly patients did not often receive surgical treatment （P 〈 0.001） and they were more likely to receive conservative treatment （P〈 0.01）. There were no significant differences in survival curves based on the Kaplan-Meier methods in comparison with the overall patients between the two groups. However, the survival curves were significantly worse in the extremely elderly patients with stage Ⅰ/Ⅱ, stage Ⅰ/Ⅱ and Child-Pugh grade A cirrhosis in comparison with the non-elderly group. The causes of death did not differ among the patients, and most cases died of liverrelated diseases even in the extremely elderly patients. CONCLUSION： In the patients with good liver functions and good performance status, aggressive treatment for HCC might improve the survival rate, even in extremely elderly patients.