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. 2022 Jan-Mar;42(1):25-32.

[Clinicopathological profile of patients with hepatobiliary cancers at two main referral hospitals in Lima, Peru]

[Article in Spanish]
Claudia Machicado  1 , Harold A Guerrero  2 , Fresia Casas  2 , Monica J Pajuelo  1 , Laura Acevedo  3 , Juan Carlos Samame  4 , Nicolas Medina  5 , Jorge D Machicado  6 , Luis A Marcos  7
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[Clinicopathological profile of patients with hepatobiliary cancers at two main referral hospitals in Lima, Peru]

[Article in Spanish]
Claudia Machicado et al. Rev Gastroenterol Peru. 2022 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to describe the clinicopathological profile of patients diagnosed with liver, bile ducts or gallbladder cancer.

Materials and methods: Between 2006 and 2017, 89 patients (57% female; mean age: 62 years-old) with these cancers were diagnosed at two national hospitals in Lima, Peru.

Results: Most patients (64%) had advanced stages of disease. Anemia was more frequent in patients with bile duct and liver cancer and in advanced stages. Hypertension (HTN) was frequent among liver cancer patients (32%). The analysis by age showed that HTN was more frequent in patients over 50 years. Likewise, people under 50 years had more frequent history of previous infections (50%), Hepatitis B (HBV) being the most common.

Conclusions: This study describes the baseline clinicopathological characteristics of a malignancy poorly studied in Peru.

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