Surgical Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma : Multicenter Competing-risk Analysis of Tumor-related Death Following Liver Resection and Transplantation Under an Intention-to-treat Perspective

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BACKGROUND: Early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma could benefit from upfront liver resection (LR) or liver transplantation (LT), but the optimal strategy in terms of tumor-related outcomes is still debated. We compared the oncological outcomes of LR and LT for hepatocellular carcinoma, stratifying the study population into a low-, intermediate-, and high-risk class according to the risk of death at 5-y predicted by a previously developed prognostic model. The impact of tumor pathology on oncological outcomes of low- and intermediate-risk patients undergoing LR was investigated as a secondary outcome.

METHODS: We performed a retrospective multicentric cohort study involving 2640 patients consecutively treated by LR or LT from 4 tertiary hepatobiliary and transplant centers between 2005 and 2015, focusing on patients amenable to both treatments upfront. Tumor-related survival and overall survival were compared under an intention-to-treat perspective.

RESULTS: We identified 468 LR and 579 LT candidates: 512 LT candidates underwent LT, whereas 68 (11.7%) dropped-out for tumor progression. Ninety-nine high-risk patients were selected from each treatment cohort after propensity score matching. Three and 5-y cumulative incidence of tumor-related death were 29.7% and 39.5% versus 17.2% and 18.3% for LR and LT group ( P = 0.039), respectively. Low-risk and intermediate-risk patients treated by LR and presenting satellite nodules and microvascular invasion had a significantly higher 5-y incidence of tumor-related death (29.2% versus 12.5%; P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: High-risk patients showed significantly better intention-to-treat tumor-related survival after upfront LT rather than LR. Cancer-specific survival of low- and intermediate-risk LR patients was significantly impaired by unfavorable pathology, suggesting the application of ab-initio salvage LT in such scenarios.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

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Transplantation - 107(2023), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 1965-1975

Sprache:

Englisch

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Di Sandro, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Sposito, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Ravaioli, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Lauterio, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Magistri, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Bongini, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Odaldi, Federica [VerfasserIn]
De Carlis, Riccardo [VerfasserIn]
Botta, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Centonze, Leonardo [VerfasserIn]
Maroni, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Citterio, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Guidetti, Cristiano [VerfasserIn]
Bagnardi, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
De Carlis, Luciano [VerfasserIn]
Cescon, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Mazzaferro, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Di Benedetto, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
HV-HCC-MRT-group [VerfasserIn]
Catellani, Barbara [Sonstige Person]
Piero Guerrini, Gian [Sonstige Person]
Danieli, Maria [Sonstige Person]
Frassoni, Samuele [Sonstige Person]
Virdis, Matteo [Sonstige Person]
Bhoori, Sherrie [Sonstige Person]
Serenari, Matteo [Sonstige Person]
Laurenzi, Andrea [Sonstige Person]

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Multicenter Study

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Date Completed 23.08.2023

Date Revised 07.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/TP.0000000000004593

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355267829