The survival rate of hepatocellular carcinoma in Asian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Soheil Hassanipour GI Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
  • Mouhebat Vali Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  • Saber Gaffari-fam Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
  • Hossein-Ali Nikbakht Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
  • Elham Abdzadeh GI Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
  • Farahnaz Joukar Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Caspian Digestive Disease Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
  • Akram Pourshams Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Digestive Oncology Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Afshin Shafaghi Caspian Digestive Disease Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
  • Mahdi Malakoutikhah Department of Occupational Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
  • Morteza Arab-Zozani Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran; Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
  • Hamid Salehiniya Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
  • Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei GI Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Razi Hospital, Sardar-Jangle Ave., P.O. Box: 41448-95655, Rasht, Iran. Tel: +98(13)33535116, Fax: +98(13)33534951, E-mail: fmansourghanaei@gmail.com; Caspian Digestive Disease Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17179/excli2019-1842

Keywords:

survival rate, hepatocellular carcinoma, systematic review, meta-analysis, Asia

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma or Liver cancer (LC) is the sixth most common cancer and the fourth cause of death worldwide in 2018. There has not been a comprehensive study on the survival rate of patients with LC in Asia yet. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the survival rate of patients with LC in Asian countries. The methodology of the present study is based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) statement. The researchers searched five international databases including Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Knowledge and ProQuest until July 1, 2018. We also searched Google Scholar for detecting grey literature. The Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Form was used to evaluate the quality of selected papers. A total of 1425 titles were retrieved. 63 studies met the inclusion criteria. Based on the random-effect model one-year, three-year and five-year survival rate of LC were 34.8 % (95 % CI; 30.3-39.3), 19 % (95 % CI ; 18.2-21.8) and 18.1 % (95 % CI ;16.1-20.1) respectively. According to the results of our study, the LC survival rate in Asian countries is relatively lower than in Europe and North America.

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2020-01-13

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Hassanipour, S., Vali, M., Gaffari-fam, S., Nikbakht, H.-A., Abdzadeh, E., Joukar, F., … Mansour-Ghanaei, F. (2020). The survival rate of hepatocellular carcinoma in Asian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. EXCLI Journal, 19, 108–130. https://doi.org/10.17179/excli2019-1842

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Vol. 19 (2020)

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Copyright (c) 2020 Soheil Hassanipour, Mouhebat Vali, Saber Gaffari-fam, Hossein-Ali Nikbakht, Elham Abdzadeh, Farahnaz Joukar, Akram Pourshams, Afshin Shafaghi, Mahdi Malakoutikhah, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Hamid Salehiniya, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei

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