The international surgical journal with global reach

This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Antiviral therapy improves postoperative survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg 2015; 261: 56-66.

Published: 14th April 2015

Authors: Huang G, Lau WY, Wang Z-G, Pan Z-Y, Yuan S-X, Feng S et al. et al.

Conclusion

In this study that included 200 patients, antiviral therapy reduced the rate of recurrence-free survival (46.1 versus 27.1 per cent, P=0.026) and overall survival (63.1 versus 41.5 per cent, P=0.001).

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