Lin-Feng Zhang

High Tumor Burden: A Key Predictor of Poor Short-Term Prognosis after First Variceal Bleeding in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The short-term outcome and prognosis of the first-onset esophagogastric variceal bleeding patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study retrospectively enrolled 1042 first-time hospitalized patients with cirrhosis from January 2010 to Decemb...