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validate <strong>the</strong> revised AJCC 7th staging system based on outcomes of patients<br />

undergoing liver resection for HCC from a single institution.<br />

Methods: Records for all patients undergoing potentially curative surgery for<br />

localized HCC between 1992 – 2007 were retrospectively reviewed. Pathological<br />

staging were determined post-operatively. Survival curves were plotted with <strong>the</strong><br />

Kaplan–Meier method and were compared by using a log-rank test for various<br />

disease stages based on AJCC 7th staging system.<br />

Results: 543 patients were included (439 male) and 80% were Chinese ethnicity. 303<br />

patients were chronic hepatitis B carriers. The median follow up was 1.78 years with<br />

282 relapsed patients (51.9%) and 189 deaths (34.8%). Median survival (MS) and<br />

time-to-relapse (TTR) were 4.83 years and 2.00 years respectively. MS for AJCC 7<br />

stage I, II, III and IV were 6.35, 4.44, 2.41 and 0.49 years respectively (p

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