Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
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Characteristics of Newly Diagnosed Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Across Turkey: Prospective Multicenter Observational 3K Registry Study

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Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

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Clinic of Gastroenterology, Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

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Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey

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Department of Gastroenterology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey

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Clinic of Gastroenterology, Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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Clinic of Gastroenterology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Clinic of Gastroenterology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Department of Gastroenterology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

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Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey

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Department of Oncology, Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey

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Department of Oncology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey

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Department of Oncology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Clinic of Gastroenterology, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey

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Department of Oncology, Adana Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

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Department of Biostatistics, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

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Medical Management, Bayer Türk, Istanbul, Turkey

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Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

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on behalf of 3K Registry Study Group

Turk J Gastroenterol 2021; 32: 1019-1028
DOI: 10.5152/tjg.2021.201171
Read: 1350 Downloads: 489 Published: 01 December 2021

Aims: To evaluate patient profile for epidemiological and clinicopathological characteristics and potential risk/prognostic factors in newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients across Turkey.
Methods: A total of 547 patients (mean (SD) age 62.6 (10.3) years, 81.9% were males) were included in this registry study. Data on patient characteristics, etiologies of HCC, laboratory values, and tumor characteristics and stages were recorded at study enrollment.
Results: HBV infection (68.2%) was the leading etiology, followed by HCV infection (17.2%), HDV infection (5.5%), alcohol (6.4%), and NAFLD (3.5%), as the major etiologies. Considering that 51.6% of the patients had >5 cm HCC, 44% were Child–Pugh B/C and 57% were BCLC B-D, it appears that a significant group of HCC patients were diagnosed at advanced stages. Of 540 patients, 271 (50.2%) were referred or applied with the diagnosis of HCC. Patients with HCC at presentation had larger tumor size (median (min-max) 6.6 (0-30) vs. 4.8 (0-90) cm, P < .001) and more advanced BCLC stage (Stage C-D in 40.8% vs. 26.4%, respectively, P = .005), compared to patients who were diagnosed during follow-up.
Conclusions: Our findings revealed that HBV infection was the leading etiology and a moderate-to-advanced disease was evident in more than half of patients at the time of diagnosis. HCC patients diagnosed at follow-up had smaller tumor size and earlier BCLC stage.
Cite this article as: Salih Akarca U, Unsal B, Sezgin O, et al. Characteristics of newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma patients across turkey: prospective multicenter observational 3K registry study. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2021;32(12):1019-1028.

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