Predictive Models of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplantation

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BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation (LT) is a curative treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who are not candidates for resection. Despite the generalized use of the Milan criteria and up-to-seven criteria, new markers have been proposed to predict recurrence after LT. Biomarkers such as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and scores such as the Model of Recurrence After Liver transplantation (MORAL) are used as predictors of post-LT recurrence.

OBJECTIVE: We aim to compare NLR, PLR, and MORAL score with Milan criteria and up-to-seven criteria.

METHODS: A descriptive study of 99 patients who underwent LT for hepatocellular carcinoma in our hospital between April 2010 and April 2016. The 5 prognostic models were applied to the patients to stratify them into risk groups. We used a Kaplan-Meier survival plot to measure recurrence-free survival in each model. Receiver operative curves were used to compare the models.

RESULTS: Three-year recurrence-free survival in MORAL was 91.1% for the low-risk group, 89.8% for the moderate-risk group, 60% for the high-risk group, and 75% for the very high-risk group (P = .003). The combined MORAL score was superior in predicting 1- and 3-year recurrence with the area under the curve 0.684 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.52-0.85) compared with Milan (0.536 [95% CI: 0.37-0.70]), up-to-seven (0.601 [95% CI: 0.43-0.77]), PLR (0.452 [95% CI: 0.30-0.61]), and NLR (0.542 [95% CI: 0.37-0.71]).

CONCLUSIONS: A model based only on pre-LT radiological signs leads to underdiagnosis of tumor load; therefore, the risk of recurrence must be recalculated after LT. The combined MORAL score was the best prognostic model of 1- and 3-year recurrence after LT in our study.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Transplantation proceedings - 52(2020), 2 vom: 04. März, Seite 546-548

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sánchez Segura, José [VerfasserIn]
León Díaz, Francisco Javier [VerfasserIn]
Pérez Reyes, María [VerfasserIn]
Cabañó Muñoz, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez Pérez, Belinda [VerfasserIn]
Pérez Daga, Jose Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Montiel Casado, Custodia [VerfasserIn]
Santoyo Santoyo, Julio [VerfasserIn]

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Biomarkers, Tumor
Comparative Study
Journal Article

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Date Completed 31.08.2020

Date Revised 31.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.11.048

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306316331