Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma with a 3-months interval in "extremely high-risk" patients does not further improve survival

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BACKGROUND: An enhanced surveillance schedule has been proposed for cirrhotics with viral etiology, who are considered at extremely high-risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

AIMS: We compared the 3- and 6-months surveillance interval, evaluating cancer stage at diagnosis and patient survival.

METHODS: Data of 777 HBV and HCV cirrhotic patients with HCC diagnosed under a 3-months (n = 109, 3MS group) or a 6-months (n = 668, 6MS group) surveillance were retrieved from the Italian Liver Cancer database. Survival in the 3MS group was considered as observed and adjusted for lead-time bias, and survival analysis was repeated after a propensity score matching.

RESULTS: The 3-months surveillance interval neither reduced the share of patients diagnosed outside the Milano criteria, nor increased their probability to receive curative treatments. The median survival of 6MS patients (55.0 months [45.9-64.0]) was not significantly different from the observed (47.0 months [35.0-58.9]; p = 0.43) and adjusted (44.9 months [33.4-56.4]; p = 0.30) survival of 3MS patients. A propensity score analysis confirmed the absence of a survival advantage for 3MS patients.

CONCLUSIONS: A tightening of surveillance schedule does not increase the diagnosis of early-stage tumors, the feasibility of curative treatments and the survival. Therefore, we should maintain the 6-months interval in the surveillance of viral cirrhotics.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

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Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 54(2022), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 927-936

Sprache:

Englisch

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Pelizzaro, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Peserico, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
D'Elia, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Cazzagon, Nora [VerfasserIn]
Russo, Francesco Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Vitale, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Giannini, Edoardo G [VerfasserIn]
Piccinnu, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico [VerfasserIn]
Di Marco, Maria [VerfasserIn]
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Zoli, Marco [VerfasserIn]
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Marra, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Mega, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Morisco, Filomena [VerfasserIn]
Gasbarrini, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
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Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
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Masotto, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Nardone, Gerardo [VerfasserIn]
Raimondo, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
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Vidili, Gianpaolo [VerfasserIn]
Oliveri, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Trevisani, Franco [VerfasserIn]
Farinati, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) Study Group [VerfasserIn]
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Caraceni, Paolo [Sonstige Person]
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Themen:

Cancer stage
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Surveillance interval
Survival

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Date Completed 29.06.2022

Date Revised 09.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2021.08.025

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331216450