%0 Journal Article %T Vascular Invasion, Satellite Nodules and Absence of Tumor Capsule Strongly Correlate with Disease-Free Survival and Long-Term Outcome in Patients Resected for Hepatocellular Carcinoma %A Benedetta Pesi %A Luca Moraldi %A Daniela Zambonin %A Francesco Giudici %A Tiziana Cavalli %A Rami Addasi %A Francesca Leo %A Stefano Scaringi %A Giacomo Batignani %J Journal of Cancer Therapy %P 1344-1353 %@ 2151-1942 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/jct.2014.514134 %X Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancer in the world. Liver resection (LR) is the most used therapy in well compensated liver cirrhosis and maybe used as a first-line treatment. Aim of the study is to evaluate survival rates in patients who underwent LR for HCC and to identify risk factors able to influence the prognosis. Material/Method: A retrospective study was carried out in 115 patients whounderwent LR for HCC. We evaluated overall and disease-free survival rates at 1, 3 and 5years (y) and a series of variables included: type of resection, clamping, blood loss, transfusions, tumor size, presence of capsule, satellite nodules and vascular invasion. Results: The 1-, 3-, 5-y survival rates were 90.2%, 67% and 52.7%, and disease-free survival rates %K Liver Resection %K Hepatocellular Carcinoma %K Prognostic Factors %K Vascular Invasion %K Satellite Nodules %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52039