A National Registry of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Vanderbilt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00178867

020116

Details and patient eligibility

About

A registry of patients with the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Full description

The purpose of this research is to study the factors which might cause hepatocellular carcinoma (a form of cancer arising within the liver) and compare these factors in patients from different ethnic groups and from different parts of the United States. The researchers will also conduct a survey of the stage of the cancer (how far advanced it is) and what treatments are used for this difficult-to-treat tumor.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Exclusion criteria

• Patients can not be under 18 years of age