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Komatsu S, Kido M, Tanaka M, Kuramitsu K, Tsugawa D, Awazu M, Gon H, Toyama H, Ueno K, Fukumoto T. Clinical Relevance of Reductive Hepatectomy for Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Stages B and C Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single-Center Experience of 102 Patients. World J Surg 2019; 43:2571-2578. [PMID: 31222640 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-019-05052-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the clinical relevance of hepatectomy for Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stages B and C advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS A total of 314 patients (149 and 165 BCLC stages B and C, respectively) who underwent hepatectomy were included. Complete hepatectomy (without residual tumors after hepatectomy) and reductive hepatectomy (apparent residual tumors after hepatectomy) were performed for 212 and 102 patients, respectively. Short-term operative and postoperative outcomes, as well as long-term outcomes, were evaluated. RESULTS The median survival times of patients with stage B disease undergoing complete hepatectomy and reductive hepatectomy were 48.9 and 20.1 months, respectively (p = 0.0075), whereas those of patients with stage C disease were 19.5 and 17.6 months, respectively (p = 0.0140). The 3-year overall survival rates of patients with stage B disease undergoing reductive hepatectomy with and without subsequent local treatments after surgery were 47.5% and 0%, respectively, whereas those of patients with stage C diseases were 18.6% and 0%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Survival benefits are obvious for both BCLC stages B and C HCC when complete hepatectomy can be performed safely. Reductive hepatectomy is also acceptable for BCLC stages B and C when subsequent local treatment for remnant liver tumors can be performed safely after reductive hepatectomy. Without subsequent local treatment, reductive hepatectomy has little clinical relevance. Thus, a cautious approach to patient selection is required for this aggressive strategy.
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- Shohei Komatsu
- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
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Kim IG, Hu XG, Wang HJ, Kim BW, Hong SY, Shen XY. The 7th/8th American Joint Committee on Cancer and the Modified Union for International Cancer Control Staging System for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Yonsei Med J 2019; 60:140-147. [PMID: 30666835 PMCID: PMC6342718 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2019.60.2.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Although many staging systems have been proposed for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), there is no globally accepted system due to the extreme heterogeneity of the disease. We aimed to compare the results of the 7th/8th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the modified Union for International Cancer Control (mUICC) staging systems in patients with HCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS We collected data from 792 patients who underwent hepatic resection at our center. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to determine disease-free survival and overall survival. To evaluate homogeneity, '-2 log likelihood' was calculated using Cox proportional hazards regression. To measure discriminatory ability, the linear trend chi method and the Cochran-Armitage test for trend were used. The ability to accurately predict survival was verified by cross-validation analysis. RESULTS Kaplan-Meier curves for disease-free survival and overall survival showed mUICC to be superior to the 7th/8th AJCC. The homogeneity test indicated that mUICC was the best for both disease-free survival and overall survival. In the discriminatory ability test, the chi-square value of mUICC was the best for disease-free survival, while the 7th AJCC had the best value for overall survival. In the cross-validation analysis, all three staging systems had significant predictive power. CONCLUSION mUICC seemed to be superior to the 7th/8th AJCC after analyzing the data of our surgical patients, although the geographic heterogeneity of HCC might result in differences between the staging systems. We believe that, while the three staging systems allow for the clear stratification of patients into prognostic groups, mUICC may be more appropriate in HCC.
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- In Gyu Kim
- Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
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- Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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Fukumoto T, Kido M, Takebe A, Tanaka M, Kinoshita H, Kuramitsu K, Komatsu S, Tsugawa D, Goto T, Asari S, Toyama H, Ajiki T, Ku Y. New macroscopic classification and back-flow thrombectomy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus invading the contralateral second portal branch. Surg Today 2017; 47:1094-1103. [PMID: 28324163 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-017-1507-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) invading the portal trunk (Vp4) are poor surgical candidates because of the technical difficulties involved. To overcome the limitations, we developed a technique of back-flow thrombectomy (BFT) based on the inherent portal hemodynamics and the macroscopic form of PVTT. METHODS Forty-six patients with multiple HCC and Vp4 PVTT underwent hepatectomy with tumor thrombectomy. We used the BFT to treat 24 patients, 18 of whom had PVTT in the contralateral second portal branch. The form of PVTT was classified macroscopically into the floating and expansive types. RESULTS The rate of complete removal by BFT of PVTT in the contralateral second portal branch was 89%. The patency rates at the thrombectomy site in all 46 patients and in the 24 BFT patients, 3 months after hepatectomy were 93 and 90%, respectively. The median OS of all 46 patients was 15 months, with 1- and 3-year OS rates of 58.5 and 17.1%, respectively. The median OS of the 24 patients treated with BFT vs. the 22 not treated with BFT was 14 and 15 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS BFT can expand the therapeutic time window for patients with HCC and deep-seated PVTT and may improve their survival.
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- Takumi Fukumoto
- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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Yasuda S, Nomi T, Hokuto D, Yamato I, Obara S, Yamada T, Kanehiro H, Nakajima Y. Huge hepatocellular carcinoma with multiple intrahepatic metastases: An aggressive multimodal treatment. Int J Surg Case Rep 2015; 16:44-7. [PMID: 26413921 PMCID: PMC4643438 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Revised: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Huge hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) possesses a potential risk for spontaneous rupture, which leads to a life-threatening complication with a high mortality rate. In addition, a large HCC is frequently accompanied by intrahepatic metastases. PRESENTATION OF CASE We describe, the case of a 74-year-old woman with a huge extrahepatically expanding HCC with multiple intrahepatic metastases who was treated by liver resection with repeated transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). To prevent tumor rupture or bleeding, we performed right hepatectomy. After the operation, TACE was applied for multiple intrahepatic metastases in the remnant liver. Furthermore, the elevated protein induced vitamin K absence (PIVKA II) level had decreased to limits within the normal range. Three months after the first TACE, computed tomography revealed several recurrences in the liver. TACE was applied for the second and third time and the tumors were well controlled. DISCUSSION Although, liver resection is occasionally performed for patients with huge HCC to avoid spontaneous tumor rupture, only surgical approach might not be sufficient for such advanced HCC. To achieve long-term survival, it is necessary to control the residual intrahepatic tumors. We could control multiple intrahepatic metastases with repeated TACEs after hepatectomy. CONCLUSION Multimodal treatment involving hepatectomy and TACE might be a good treatment strategy for patients with huge HCC with multiple intrahepatic metastases if the tumors are localized in the liver without distant or peritoneal metastasis.
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- Satoshi Yasuda
- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara-shi, 634-8522 Nara, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara-shi, 634-8522 Nara, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara-shi, 634-8522 Nara, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara-shi, 634-8522 Nara, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara-shi, 634-8522 Nara, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara-shi, 634-8522 Nara, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara-shi, 634-8522 Nara, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara-shi, 634-8522 Nara, Japan
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Clinical significance of surgical resection of metastatic lymph nodes from hepatocellular carcinoma. Surg Today 2014; 45:1112-20. [PMID: 25205550 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-014-1028-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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PURPOSE The clinical significance of the surgical resection of metastatic lymph nodes (LN) from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of the surgical resection of LN metastasis of HCC. METHODS Among 961 patients who underwent surgical resection for HCC in our hospital, LN metastasis was identified in 38 patients. In these patients, the metastatic LN were removed completely in 22 patients (complete removal group), and incompletely or not removed in 16 patients (control group). The long-term prognosis after LN metastasis was compared between the two groups. RESULTS The overall survival rate after LN metastasis was significantly better in the complete removal group (1-, 3- and 5-year: 71.2, 58.0 and 49.7%, respectively) than in the control group (45.9, 23.0 and 15.3%, respectively, p = 0.0477). LN metastasis was not the cause of death in any of the patients in the complete removal group, whereas it was a cause in some patients in the control group. No local LN recurrence was identified in the complete removal group. CONCLUSIONS The present results suggest that the complete removal of metastatic LN from HCC is clinically beneficial in selected patients.
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Tanaka K, Yabushita Y, Nakagawa K, Kumamoto T, Matsuo K, Taguri M, Endo I. Debulking surgery followed by intraarterial 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy plus subcutaneous interferon alfa for massive hepatocellular carcinoma with multiple intrahepatic metastases: A pilot study. Eur J Surg Oncol 2013; 39:1364-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Fukumoto T, Tominaga M, Kido M, Takebe A, Tanaka M, Kuramitsu K, Matsumoto I, Ajiki T, Ku Y. Long-term outcomes and prognostic factors with reductive hepatectomy and sequential percutaneous isolated hepatic perfusion for multiple bilobar hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2013; 21:971-8. [PMID: 24201744 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3305-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sorafenib is currently recommended as first-line therapy for patients with intermediate or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) per Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging. However, the median overall survival (OS) with sorafenib in these patients is 10.7 months with an overall response rate of 2 %. We retrospectively investigated the long-term outcomes and prognostic factors with reductive hepatectomy and sequential percutaneous isolated hepatic perfusion (PIHP) for refractory intermediate or advanced HCC. METHODS A total of 68 patients who had intermediate or advanced stage HCC without extrahepatic metastases were scheduled for reductive hepatectomy plus PIHP. All patients underwent reductive hepatectomy and PIHP with mitomycin C 20-40 mg/m(2) and/or doxorubicin 60-120 mg/m(2) 1-3 months after surgery (mean, 1.51 times/patient). RESULTS The objective response rate of PIHP was 70.6 % (complete plus partial response). The median OS of all 68 patients was 25 months, and the 5-year OS rate was 27.6 %. Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated that tumor response to PIHP and normalization of serum des-γ-carboxy prothrombin concentrations after PIHP were independent prognostic factors for OS. CONCLUSIONS The median OS of the study population treated by reductive hepatectomy and sequential PIHP was 25 months. This treatment strategy can offer a possible curative treatment to patients with refractory intermediate and advanced HCC.
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- Takumi Fukumoto
- Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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Lai ECH, Tang CN, Ha JPY, Tsui DKK, Li MKW. CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT OF ADVANCED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. ANZ J Surg 2008; 78:504-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Kobayashi A, Takahashi S, Ishii H, Konishi M, Nakagohri T, Gotohda N, Satake M, Furuse J, Kinoshita T. Factors predicting survival in advanced T-staged hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with reduction hepatectomy followed by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. Eur J Surg Oncol 2007; 33:1019-24. [PMID: 17399939 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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AIMS To evaluate the efficacy of reduction hepatectomy followed by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for advanced T-Staged hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). METHODS A retrospective analysis of 39 consecutive patients who underwent reduction hepatectomy followed by TACE for advanced T-Staged HCCs was undertaken. RESULTS Reduction hepatectomies, including 20 major ones, were performed. After a median interval of 30 days, the hepatectomies were followed by TACE using farmorubicin. Actual overall 3-year survival after surgery was 32%. Indocyanine green R(15) > or =15%, preoperative AFP > or =2000 ng/ml, and tumour reduction rate <98% were predictive of decreased overall survival. When the three prognostic factors were used in a scoring system, with one point assigned for each factor, the 3-year survival rates of patients with scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 were 71%, 40%, 0%, and 0% respectively. CONCLUSIONS Reduction hepatectomy followed by TACE is effective in patients with advanced T-Staged HCCs who have none of the 3 poor prognostic factors. Reduction surgery followed by TACE is one of the options for controlling advanced T-Staged HCCs in patients who are not candidates for curative resection or TACE alone.
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- A Kobayashi
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
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Gotohda N, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Nakagohri T, Takahashi S, Furuse J, Ishii H, Yoshino M. New Indication for Reduction Surgery in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Major Vascular Involvement. World J Surg 2006; 30:431-8. [PMID: 16479350 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0250-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains poor, particularly in patients with tumor thrombi (TT) in the major vessels. PATIENTS AND METHODS From July 1992 to October 2004, 161 patients diagnosed as having advanced HCC with major vascular involvement were seen consecutively at our hospital. Among these patients, 32 (20%) underwent surgical resection [16 complete resection (CR), 16 reductive resection (RR)]. Eighteen patients (11%) received radiotherapy (RT), 73 (45%) underwent transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) or transcatheter arterial infusion chemotherapy (TAI), 8 (5%) with distant metastases received systemic chemotherapy, and 30 (19%) received palliative therapy. RESULTS Excluding the CR group, the patients in the RR group had a higher 1-year survival rate than the other treatment groups. However, there was no significant difference in the overall survival rates of the RR, RT, and TACE/TAI groups. When we evaluated prognostic factors to clarify the indications for RR in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with advanced HCC with TT, prothrombin activity (PA) was identified as a significant independent preoperative factor for overall survival in the RR group. The survival rate in patients with PA of < or = 78% was significantly lower than that of patients with PA of > 78% (P = 0.0004). The median survival time of patients with serum PA of > 78% who underwent RR was 13.9 months and that of patients who underwent CR was 9.1 months, with no survival difference between the groups. CONCLUSION In advanced HCC with major vascular involvement, patients who had RR with PA of greater 78% achieved a similar survival to those who had CR. The surgeon should still proceed with RR in those patients with serum PA of > 78% if CR does not seem feasible on preoperative evaluation.
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- Naoto Gotohda
- Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
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Inoue K, Nakamura T, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Nakagohri T, Oda T, Takahashi S, Gotohda N, Hayashi T, Nawano S. Volume reduction surgery for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2004; 130:362-6. [PMID: 15034789 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-004-0566-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2003] [Accepted: 02/22/2004] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of reductive surgery on the survival of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS Eligible patients had a main tumor greater than 10 cm in diameter with multiple intrahepatic metastases (>5 nodules), and good liver function (Child-Pugh class A), but no tumor thrombus in the main portal vein. The main tumor was surgically removed but the metastases were not removed and were treated with repeated transcatheter hepatic arterial chemo-embolization (TAE). RESULTS From Jun 1997 to May 2003, 13 patients (median age 61 years, range: 48-74) were prospectively enrolled. The median diameter of the main tumor was 14 cm (range 11.5-18.0). No major surgical complications were observed and the median hospital stay was 12 days (range 7-20). The first TAE was performed 1 month after hepatectomy in all patients and was repeated for median of 5 (range: 1 to 16) times. Complete remission was observed in two patients. One patient had recurrence afterwards but another patient survived 41 months without recurrence. Three patients survived more than 3 years. The overall 1-, 3-, and 4-year survival rates of the 13 patients were 67.7%, 40.6%, and 40.6%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Volume reduction surgery followed by TAE might prolong the survival of patients with a large HCC and intrahepatic metastases, especially those with a main tumor on the right side.
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- Kazuto Inoue
- Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha Kashiwa, 277-8577 Chiba, Japan.
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Wakabayashi H, Ushiyama T, Ishimura K, Izuishi K, Karasawa Y, Masaki T, Watanabe S, Kuriyama S, Maeta H. Significance of reduction surgery in multidisciplinary treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with multiple intrahepatic lesions. J Surg Oncol 2003; 82:98-103. [PMID: 12561065 DOI: 10.1002/jso.10203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES By comparing the survival rates of patients treated with or without surgery, the significance of, and the indication for, reduction surgery in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with HCC with multiple intrahepatic lesions were examined. METHODS In patients with HCC with multiple intrahepatic lesions, cumulative survival rates were determined and compared for 28 patients (group S) who underwent reductive hepatic resection and 43 (group N) who were treated nonsurgically by transcatheter arterial infusion chemotherapy (TAI), transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE), or percutaneous transhepatic ethanol injection therapy. In group S, 20 patients had adjuvant therapy, consisting of ethanol injection therapy or microwave coagulonecrotic therapy for the remaining satellite lesions during hepatectomy, and all patients in this group underwent TAI or TACE postoperatively. The influence of surgery on patient survival was examined by multiple regression analysis using the Cox's hazard model; then, for each prognostic factor, survival rates were obtained and compared between the groups. RESULTS In group S, the 1-, 3-, and 5-year cumulative survival rates were 58.2%, 27.1%, and 21.7%, whereas the corresponding values in group N were 34.3%, 4.7%, and 4.7%, the difference being statistically significant (P = 0.0239). In group S, the 1-, 3-, and 5-year cumulative survival rates for patients without intraoperative adjuvant therapy were 25%, 0%, and 0%, whereas those for patients with intraoperative adjuvant therapy were 72.7%, 41.3%, and 33.0% (P = 0.001). Multiple regression analysis showed that hepatic resection, the Child-Pugh score, and the size of the main tumor affected survival independently. Univariate analysis of differences in the cumulative survival rates between the groups as a function of prognostic factor showed that group S had statistically significant better survival rates than group N in those subgroups of patients who were <60 years old, with HBV infection, with a Child-Pugh score of 5 or 6, with a main tumor of <5-cm diameter, with <5 tumors, or without portal thrombi. CONCLUSIONS When combined with intraoperative adjuvant therapy for remaining satellite tumors, reduction surgery provided survival benefit for patients with HCC with multiple intrahepatic lesions in those groups of patients selected by criteria determined in this study.
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- Hisao Wakabayashi
- Department of Surgery, Takamatsu National Hospital, Takamatsu-city, Kagawa, Japan.
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Suehiro T, Terashi T, Shiotani S, Soejima Y, Sugimachi K. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgery 2002; 131:S190-4. [PMID: 11821809 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2002.119575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
The surgical management for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is multiplicity. In Japan, liver resection has generally been considered to be the only curative treatment for HCC. The resectability of a tumor in cirrhotic patients, however, is limited by the diminished functional reserve of the cirrhotic liver and the attendant risk for intraoperative bleeding and postoperative liver failure. In cirrhotic patients, liver transplantation has been considered as the indication for HCC in many countries except Japan. Although the survival rate of patients with HCC who received liver transplants was poor in the early period, it later moved to the same level as for patients with other liver diseases. In 1993, living donor adult liver transplantation was started in Japan and it became an additional option for the treatment of HCC. A shortage of liver donors means that new methods of liver procurement must be explored. Domino liver transplantation using the livers of patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy was also another option for advanced HCC. For the prevention of a recurrence of HCC, pre-, intra-, and postoperative chemotherapy have been performed after both liver resection and liver transplantation. We should also try to minimize intraoperative dissemination by surgical manipulation. Recently, potential gene therapies for HCC have been studied. Electroporation-mediated IL-12 gene therapy for HCC was found to be effective for both mIL-12-transferred HCC and for distant HCC. For patients with HCC accompanied by liver cirrhosis, liver transplantation remains the ultimate curative therapy. Immunologic and oncologic approaches to HCC can help prevent tumor recurrence and also help us to obtain better results after liver transplantation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Taketoshi Suehiro
- Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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