Primary Liver Cancer Cohort of South China

Factors Influencing the Occurrence and Long-term Survival of Patients With Primary Liver Cancer: A Cohort Study in South China

This longitudinal observational cohort study was designed to investigate factors that influencing the occurrence and long-term survival of patients with primary liver cancer. Basic informations and detailed diagnosis informations (AJCC/TNM stage, MELD score, Child-Pugh score, and BCLC stage) were collected by professional doctors. Clinical outcomes (death, recurrence, and metastasis) will be followed up every two years after therapy.

Primary liver cancer (PLC) is highly malignant with high mortality which is particularly popular in China. Many factors are believed to associate with the occurrence and prognosis of liver cancer. This longitudinal observational cohort study was designed to investigate factors that influencing the occurrence and long-term survival of patients with primary liver cancer.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18-80 years
• consistent with primary liver cancer diagnostic criteria
• first diagnosis (from diagnosis to admission interval of less than a month)
• did not do any treatment of liver cancer

Exclusion Criteria:

• refused to participate in this study
• suffering from more than two kinds of primary tumors