Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Factor in Patients with Hepatoblastoma : Does It Influence Surgical Outcomes and Survival? Preliminary Retrospective Study

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AIM: Sarcopenia is associated with poor prognosis in adult oncologic patients, with little evidence of this association in pediatric population, including hepatoblastoma.

METHODS: Retrospective study in patients with hepatoblastoma, divided into those with or without sarcopenia. Sarcopenia was assessed by measuring psoas muscle area (PMA) at L4-L5 level on the CT/MR and defined as z-score values ≤ 2. Relapse and mortality were analyzed.

RESULTS: Twenty-one patients (57.1% male) were included, with median age 35.7 months (IQR: 23.5-58.5). Seven (33.3%) had sarcopenia on initial studies compared to 14 (66.7%) who did not. No differences were found between groups in age, weight, PRETEXT, surgical treatment or. α-fetoprotein levels. Sarcopenia was associated with a higher rate of metastases at diagnosis (49.2% vs 0.0%; p = 0.026) and surgical complications (57.1% vs 21.4%, p = 0.047). After a median follow-up of 65.1 months (1.7-144.8), 2 patients (28.6%) had tumor relapse in sarcopenic group compared to 1 (7.1%) in non-sarcopenic group. Two patients died in sarcopenic group and 1 in non-sarcopenic group. Median event-free survival (EFS) was lower in sarcopenic group (100.38 ± 25.63 vs 118.91 ± 11.52 months) as well as overall survival (OS) (101.72 ± 24.86 vs 121.78 ± 8.75 months) with no statistical significance. Five-year EFS was also lower in sarcopenic group (71% vs 93%) as well as 5-year OS (71% vs 87%).

CONCLUSIONS: Sarcopenia at diagnosis was associated with a higher rate of metastases and surgical complications in hepatoblastoma. Our data shows the first evidence of its role as a possible poor prognostic factor, influencing survival and risk of relapse.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.

TYPE OF STUDY: Original article. Retrospective study.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Journal of pediatric surgery - 58(2023), 11 vom: 29. Nov., Seite 2149-2155

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Muñoz-Serrano, Antonio Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Estefanía-Fernández, Karla [VerfasserIn]
Oterino, César [VerfasserIn]
Ramírez-Amoros, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Navarro, Gema [VerfasserIn]
Sastre, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Martínez, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Barrena, Sátur [VerfasserIn]
Oliveros, Francisco Hernández [VerfasserIn]
Martínez, Leopoldo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Children
Hepatoblastoma
Journal Article
Outcomes
Sarcopenia
Surgery

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Date Revised 20.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.05.007

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NLM357882563