Clinical Profile, Etiology and Therapeutic Outcome in 324 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients at a Tertiary Care Center in India

Abstract

Hepatitis B infection is the predominant cause of HCC in India. Serum alpha-fetoprotein was diagnostic in only one third of our patients. Most patients present late, when curative therapies are not possible. Treated patients had better survival than untreated ones.