Longer Survival and Preserved Liver Function after Proton Beam Therapy for Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Curr Oncol
; 30(4): 3915-3926, 2023 03 30.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Proton beam therapy (PBT) has been recently reported to achieve excellent tumor control with minimal toxicity in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) was investigated for larger HCC. This study was designed to evaluate the therapeutic effect of PBT on unresectable HCC in comparison with TACE combined with RFA.METHODS:
We retrospectively analyzed 70 patients with HCC which was difficult to control by surgical resection or RFA monotherapy, 24 patients treated with PBT and 46 patients with TACE plus RFA. The therapeutic effects were assessed as local progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).RESULTS:
The local PFS was more than 65% in 60 months for PBT and TACE plus RFA. The patients treated with PBT showed 82% OS at 60 months post-treatment. In contrast, those treated with TACE plus RFA showed 28% OS. When comparing the changes of ALBI scores in patients with different severities of chronic liver disease, the scores of PBT-treated patients were maintained at the baseline; however, those of TACE plus RFA-treated patients worsened after the treatments.CONCLUSIONS:
The results indicated that PBT may show better benefits than TACE plus RFA therapy in terms of OS in patients with unresectable HCC by sparing the non-tumor liver tissues.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Quimioembolización Terapéutica
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Ablación por Catéter
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular
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Terapia de Protones
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Curr Oncol
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón