%0 Journal Article %T Importance of tumor size at diagnosis as a prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma survival: a population-based study %A Baohua Wang %A Guoyi Wu %A Jing Wu %A Xiaolei Shi %A Xiaolei Zhu %A Yitao Ding %J Archive of "Cancer Management and Research". %D 2018 %R 10.2147/CMAR.S177663 %X The effects of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor size on clinical presentation and treatment selection and its role as a prognostic factor remain unclear. The present study is a comprehensive analysis of the clinical correlation between tumor size at diagnosis and pathological grades, clinical staging, disparities of treatment, and survival of patients with HCC %K HCC %K tumor size %K SEER %K prognosis %K overall survival %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188157/