Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Hepatol. Mar 27, 2015; 7(3): 628-632
Published online Mar 27, 2015. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i3.628
Survival rates according to barcelona clinic liver cancer sub-staging system after transarterial embolization for intermediate hepatocellular carcinoma
Leandro Armani Scaffaro, Steffan Frosi Stella, Mario Reis Alvares-Da-Silva, Cleber Dario Pinto Kruel
Leandro Armani Scaffaro, Radiology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil
Steffan Frosi Stella, National Institute of Science and Technology for Health Technology Assessment (IATS), Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil
Mario Reis Alvares-Da-Silva, Gastroenterology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil
Cleber Dario Pinto Kruel, Surgery Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil
Author contributions: All author contributed equally to this work.
Ethics approval: The study was reviewed and approved by the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre Review Board.
Informed consent: Retrospective study with no written informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest: The authors have no conflict of interest to disclosure.
Data sharing: Statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at leandroscaffaro@yahoo.com.br.
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Correspondence to: Leandro Armani Scaffaro, MD, PhD, Radiology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, R. Ramiro Barcelos, 2350 sala 1505, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil. leandroscaffaro@yahoo.com.br
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Received: October 31, 2014
Peer-review started: November 1, 2014
First decision: December 12, 2014
Revised: January 15, 2015
Accepted: February 10, 2015
Article in press: February 10, 2015
Published online: March 27, 2015
Core Tip

Core tip: This is the first study to apply the barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) B subclassification in a survival analysis for hepatocellular carcinoma patients after transarterial embolization. Were observed significant differences in the mean survival rates among B1, B2, B3 and B4 patients. The BCLC B sub-staging system could be an additional tool for accessing prognosis in the post-embolization survival rates of hepatocellular carcinoma patients.