Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Large Canadian Urban Centre: Stage at Treatment and Its Potential Determinants

Korosh Khalili; Ravi Menezes; Leyla Kochak Yazdi; Hyun-Jung Jang; Tae Kyoung Kim; Suraj Sharma; Jordan Feld; Morris Sherman

doi:10.1155/2014/561732

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2014)

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Large Canadian Urban Centre: Stage at Treatment and Its Potential Determinants

Korosh Khalili,
Ravi Menezes,
Leyla Kochak Yazdi,
Hyun-Jung Jang,
Tae Kyoung Kim,
Suraj Sharma,
Jordan Feld,
Morris Sherman

Affiliations

Korosh Khalili: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ravi Menezes: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Leyla Kochak Yazdi: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hyun-Jung Jang: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tae Kyoung Kim: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Suraj Sharma: Department of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jordan Feld: Department of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Morris Sherman: Department of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/561732
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28, no. 3
pp. 150 – 154

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is a significant difference in tumour stage between patients initially found with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at a tertiary hepatobiliary centre and patients referred with tumours detected elsewhere; and to determine variables associated with referral in a palliative stage.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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