Survival benefit of second line therapies for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: repeated hepatectomy, thermoablation and second-line transplant referral in a real life national scenario.
HPB (Oxford)
; 25(10): 1223-1234, 2023 10.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Despite second-line transplant(SLT) for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma(rHCC) leads to the longest survival after recurrence(SAR), its real applicability has never been reported. The aim was to compare the SAR of SLT versus repeated hepatectomy and thermoablation(CUR group).METHODS:
Patients were enrolled from the Italian register HE.RC.O.LE.S. between 2008 and 2021. Two groups were created CUR versus SLT. A propensity score matching (PSM) was run to balance the groups.RESULTS:
743 patients were enrolled, CUR = 611 and SLT = 132. Median age at recurrence was 71(IQR 6575) years old and 60(IQR 53-64, p < 0.001) for CUR and SLT respectively. After PSM, median SAR for CUR was 43 months(95%CI = 37 - 93) and not reached for SLT(p < 0.001). SLT patients gained a survival benefit of 9.4 months if compared with CUR. MilanCriteria(MC)-In patients were 82.7% of the CUR group. SLT(HR 0.386, 95%CI = 0.23 - 0.63, p < 0.001) and the MELD score(HR 1.169, 95%CI = 1.07 - 1.27, p < 0.001) were the only predictors of mortality. In case of MC-Out, the only predictor of mortality was the number of nodules at recurrence(HR 1.45, 95%CI= 1.09 - 1.93, p = 0.011).CONCLUSION:
It emerged an important transplant under referral in favour of repeated hepatectomy or thermoablation. In patients with MC-Out relapse, the benefit of SLT over CUR was not observed.
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Asunto principal:
Trasplante de Hígado
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
HPB (Oxford)
Asunto de la revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Año:
2023
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Article