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The present study reported 10 year survival rate of 131 patients with liver cirrhosis excluded the association of liver carcinoma. Survival rate was calculated according to the life table method of Cutler and Ederer. One hundred thirty-one patients were diagnosed between 1965 and 1972. The overall 5 and 10 year survival rates of 131 patients were 58.3 ± 4.7% and 36.5 ± 6.2%, respectively. The 5 and 10 year survival rates of 56 patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis were 32.9 ± 6.9% and 19.0 ± 6.9%. The 5 year survival rate of 28 patients with prominent ascites was 20.6 ± 8.4% and that of 14 patients with the rupture of esophageal varices was 29.4 ± 13.4%. The improved treatment of decompensated liver cirrhosis and the exclusion of the patients with the association of liver carcinoma might contribute to these improved survival rates.
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Okazaki, I., Maruyama, K., Funatsu, K. et al. Ten year survival rate of 131 patients with liver cirrhosis excluded the association of liver carcinoma at the establishment of diagnosis. Gastroenterol Jpn 15, 350–354 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02774306
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