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

Machicado C.; Guerrero H.A.; Casas F.; Pajuelo M.J.; Acevedo L.; Samame J.C.; Medina N.; Machicado J.D.; Marcos L.A. · Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (2022)

Resumen

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.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia