Questionnaire about patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Yamaguchi prefecture / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

We have done the questionnaire about patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Yamaguchi prefecture. The result was that 304 cases were answered. The mean age was 62.1 years old, and the ratio of male to female was 3.7 to 1. Abdominal ultrasonography was examined most frequently, and the next was computed tomography as the method of diagnosis. The serum α-fetoprotein level showed less than 400ng/ml in cases of 49.3%. HBs antigen was positive in cases of 15.9%. Positive cases were significantly lower in the mean age as compared with negative cases, and the ratio of male to female was 8.2 to 1. Liver cirrhosis was complicated in cases of 84%.