Hu R, Xu J, Wang H, Wang J, Lei K, Zhao X, Zhang H, You K, Liu Z. Impact of preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) on postoperative long-term survival in patients with
nonsmall hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis.
BMC Cancer 2024;
24:190. [PMID:
38336712 PMCID:
PMC10858462 DOI:
10.1186/s12885-024-11978-4]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was to compare the effects of preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and non-TACE on the long-term survival of patients who undergo radical hepatectomy.
METHODS
PSM analysis was performed for 387 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (single > 3 cm or multiple) who underwent radical resection of HCC at our centre from January 2011 to June 2018. The patients were allocated to a preoperative TACE group (n = 77) and a non-TACE group (n = 310). The main outcome measures were progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) since the treatment date.
RESULTS
After PSM, 67 patients were included in each of the TACE and non-TACE groups. The median PFS times in the preoperative TACE and non-TACE groups were 24.0 and 11.3 months, respectively (p = 0.0117). The median OS times in the preoperative TACE and non-TACE groups were 41.5 and 29.0 months, respectively (p = 0.0114). Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis revealed that preoperative TACE (hazard ratio, 1.733; 95% CI, 1.168-2.570) and tumour thrombosis (hazard ratio, 0.323; 95% CI, 0.141-0.742) were independent risk factors significantly associated with OS.
CONCLUSIONS
Preoperative TACE is related to improving PFS and OS after resection of HCC. Preoperative TACE and tumour thrombus volume were also found to be independent risk factors associated with OS.
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