Impact of patient age on outcome after resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

There is little information on the impact of aging on liver resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of the patient's age on the long-term survival after resection of HCC. The postoperative outcomes of the 291 elderly (≥ 70 years) and 340 younger (< 70 years) patients underwent curative liver resection for HCC were analyzed using multivariate and propensity-score matching. Risk score...