Radiotherapy is superior to transarterial chemoembolization as adjuvant therapy after narrow-margin hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A single-center prospective randomized study

Background This study was recruited to compare the efficacy and safety of radiotherapy (RT) and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) as postoperative adjuvant therapy after narrow-margin hepatectomy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Methods This single-center prospective randomized study was conducted in the Cancer Hospital, Guang Xi Medical University, Nanning. A total of 72 patients who received treatment in this hospital between August 2017 and July 2019 were included and randomly allocated to TACE group (n = 48) and RT group (n = 24). Next, overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates, recurrence patterns, financial burden, and safety were evaluated. Results The difference between the RT and TACE groups was not significant in one-, three-, and five-year OS (87.5%, 79.0%, and 62.5% vs. 93.8%, 75.9%, and 63.4%, respectively, P = 0.071) and PFS rates (79.0%, 54.2%, and 22.6% vs. 75.0%, 47.9%, and 32.6%, respectively, P = 0.071). Compared to the TACE group, the RT group had significantly lower intrahepatic recurrence rate (20.8% vs. 52.1%, P = 0.011), higher extrahepatic recurrence rate (37.5% vs. 14.6%, P = 0.034), and no marginal and diffuse recurrences (0% vs. 16.7%, P < 0.05). The mean overall treatment cost was higher (¥62,550.59 ± 4397.27 vs. ¥40,732.56 ± 9210.54, P < 0.01), the hospital stay (15.1 ± 3.7 vs. 11.8 ± 4.1 days, P < 0.01) was longer, and the overall treatment stay (13.3 ± 5.3 vs. 41.29 ± 12.4 days, P < 0.01) was shorter in the TACE group than in the RT group. Besides, both groups did not exhibit significant differences in the frequency and severity of adverse events. Conclusion Both adjuvant TACE and RT can better the OS and PFS of patients with HCC. However, RT has a significantly better performance than TACE in terms of improving intrahepatic recurrence rate, treatment cost and hospital stay..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:409

Enthalten in:

Langenbeck's archives of surgery - 409(2024), 1 vom: 15. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bai, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Zhi-hong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiao-bo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Jia-zhou [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Shao-long [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Fei-xiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Le-qun [VerfasserIn]

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Adjuvant therapy
Hepatectomy
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Narrow margin
Radiotherapy
Randomized study
Transarterial chemoembolization

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10.1007/s00423-024-03249-4

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SPR055163890