Comparative study on some features of 2 patient groups of hepatocellular carcinoma with possitive HBV DNA and HCV RNA

ABSTRACT

A study carried out on patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Hue hospital during 2000-2001. The obtained results as following the average age of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with positive HBVDNA was lower than this of patients with the hepatocellular carcinoma with positive HCVRNA. While the rate of male/female among group of hepatocellular carcinoma with positive HBVDNA was higher than this among group of hepatocellular carcinoma with the positive HCVRNA. The clinical and biological symptoms and ultrasound related with the cirrhosis in the group of hepatocellular carcinoma with the positive HCVRNA were more frequent than these in the group of hepatocellular carcinoma with positive HBVDNA were. There was difference of survival rate in the end of the sixth month between 2 groups but there was no difference in the end of the ninth month.