Efficacy of the Combination of Systemic Sequential Therapy and Locoregional Therapy in the Long-Term Survival of Patients with BCLC Stage C Hepatocellular Carcinoma

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical impact of a combination of systemic sequential therapy and locoregional therapy on the long-term survival of patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage C hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

METHODS: Sixty-four consecutive patients with intrahepatic target nodules who had initially received systemic therapy (lenvatinib and atezolizumab plus bevacizumab) were reviewed. The clinical impact of the combined use of systemic sequential therapy and locoregional therapy was evaluated by determining overall survival (OS). The combined use of systemic sequential therapy with more than two agents and locoregional treatment was defined as multidisciplinary combination therapy (MCT), while only systemic sequential therapy and repeated locoregional-treatment was defined as a single treatment procedure (STP).

RESULTS: R0 resection, MCT, and STP resulted in significantly better OS compared with no additional treatment (median OS, not reached vs. 18.2 months and 12.6 vs. 8.1 months, respectively; p = 0.002). Multivariate analysis confirmed that the use of R0 resection and MCT were associated with better OS (hazard ratio [HR]; 0.053, p = 0.006 and 0.189, p < 0.001, respectively) compared with that for STP (HR; 0.279, p = 0.003).

CONCLUSIONS: MCT is may effective in patients with BCLC stage C HCC and intrahepatic target nodules who have previously received systemic therapy-based treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Cancers - 15(2023), 15 vom: 26. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kawamura, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Akuta, Norio [VerfasserIn]
Shindoh, Junichi [VerfasserIn]
Matsumura, Masaru [VerfasserIn]
Okubo, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Tominaga, Licht [VerfasserIn]
Fujiyama, Shunichiro [VerfasserIn]
Hosaka, Tetsuya [VerfasserIn]
Saitoh, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Sezaki, Hitomi [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Fumitaka [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Yoshiyuki [VerfasserIn]
Ikeda, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Arase, Yasuji [VerfasserIn]
Hashimoto, Masaji [VerfasserIn]
Kozuka, Takuyo [VerfasserIn]
Kumada, Hiromitsu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab
Combination therapy
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Lenvatinib
Locoregional treatment
Systemic therapy

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 14.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cancers15153789

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360681115