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ArticleHepatoma research2019

Ten-year survival and recurrence of hepatocellular cancer.

Tomoki Sempokuya, Linda L Wong

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Article in Hepatoma research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomoki SempokuyaDepartment of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, HI 96813 , USA.
Linda L WongDepartment of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, HI 96813 , USA.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · US

Funding

University of Hawaii Cancer Center CCSGP30CA071789 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI Xin Chen · 1996 to 2026
$56.2M
Pathway Specific Functional Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Liver CancerU01CA230690 · NCI · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MISHRA, LOPA, SHETTY, KIRTI · 2018 to 2022
$3.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA071789NCI NIH HHS U01 CA230690
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimLong-term survival after hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is difficult to achieve likely related to recurrence. This study aimed to identify factors that were predictive of 10-year survival after the diagnosis of HCC.

methodsIn a prospectively collected database of 1374 HCC cases (1993-2019), we identified 70 patients who survived over 10 years regardless of treatment. We then identified 164 patients in the entire cohort who either had liver resection or transplant, and died before 10 years. Demographics, tumor characteristics, treatment, recurrence and treatment of recurrence were compared.

resultsOf the 10-year survivors, 36 underwent transplant, 27 had liver resection and 7 patients had only locoregional therapy. Compared to the non-survivors, the 10-year survivors were younger and had fewer comorbidities or recurrence, smaller tumor size, lower AST, ALT, AFP, platelets, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio. Multivariate analysis showed only age and diabetes to be negative predictors. Recurrence occurred in 24 survivors (34.3%) with mean time to recurrence with standard deviation 57.1 ± 42.6 months compared to 80 non-survivors (48.7%) with mean time to recurrence of 15.3 ± 14.8 months. For hepatic resection, 10-year survivors had longer time to recurrence compared to non-survivors (median: 31.3 months).

conclusionLong-term survivors mostly occur after resection or transplant, but 10% of our cohort survived 10 years with only locoregional therapy. Underlying health status maybe an important predictor of 10-year survival for patients receiving liver resections. Recurrence of HCC occurs in both 10-year survivors and non-survivors, but later recurrence with aggressive treatment of the recurrence may allow for 10-year survival.

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10-year survivalhepatic resectionHepatocellular cancerliver transplantation

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PMID31701016
PMCPMC6836870
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