The role of scheduled second TACE in early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma with complete response to initial TACE
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
; : 42-50, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
We investigated the outcomes of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients who showed a complete response (CR) to initial transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), with a focus on the role of scheduled TACE repetition.METHODS:
A total of 178 patients with early-stage HCC who were initially treated with TACE and showed a CR based on the modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST) criteria on one month follow-up computed tomography (CT) were analyzed. Among them, 90 patients underwent scheduled repetition of TACE in the absence of viable tumor on CT.RESULTS:
During a median follow-up period of 4.6 years (range 0.4-8.8 years), mortality was observed in 71 patients (39.9%). The overall recurrence-free and local recurrence-free survival rates at 1 year were 44.4% and 56.2%. In the multivariable model, scheduled repetition of TACE was an independent factor associated with survival (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval] 0.56 [0.34-0.93], P=0.025). When stratified using Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) stage, scheduled repetition of TACE was associated with a favorable survival rate in BCLC stage A patients, but not in BCLC 0 patients.CONCLUSIONS:
Scheduled repetition of TACE was associated with better survival for early-stage HCC patients showing a CR after initial TACE, especially in BCLC stage A patients.Key words
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Main subject:
Survival Rate
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Follow-Up Studies
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Mortality
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors
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Liver Neoplasms
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
Year:
2017
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Article