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ArticleCancer medicine2020

A novel treatment strategy using indocyanine green for transarterial chemoembolization in BCLC stage C hepatocellular carcinoma.

Jie Mei, Shao-Hua Li, Qiao-Xuan Wang, Xiao-Ping Zhong, Liang-He Lu, Anna Kan, Wei Wei, Rong-Ping Guo

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Jie MeiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Oncology of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Shao-Hua LiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Oncology of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Qiao-Xuan WangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Xiao-Ping ZhongDepartment of Burn and Plastic Surgery, 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Liang-He LuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Oncology of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Anna KanDepartment of Hepatobiliary Oncology of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Wei WeiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Oncology of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Rong-Ping GuoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Oncology of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-2799-3463

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purposeThe aim of our study was to propose a strategy based on indocyanine green (ICG) (SBI) to provide better clinical guidelines for transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) treatments for Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) stage C hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. MATERIALS AND

methodsFrom October 2005 to December 2012, 112 BCLC stage C HCC patients initially treated with TACE were investigated, randomly divided into a training cohort (n = 79) and validation cohort (n = 33). In training group, the patients were grouped based on their 15 minutes ICG retention rate (ICG R15), different chemo drugs and dose of lipidol in TACE. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were analyzed in subgroups. Strategy based on ICG was built and verified in validation group.

resultsFor those patients with ICG R15 values >10%, the lipiodol ≤10 mL group showed better survival than the lipiodol >10 mL group. For those patients with ICG R15 values ≤10%, the group that received triple-drug chemotherapy treatments with lipiodol diameter ratio values between 1 and 3 showed better survival than the other group. Patients who conformed with the SBI had better survival times than those who did not conform with the SBI, in both the training cohort (median OS 10.3 vs 5.1 months; P < .001; median PFS, 3.3 vs 2.1 months; P = .006) and the validation cohort (median OS 8.9 vs 7.1 months; P = .087; median PFS, 6.6 vs 2.3 months; P < .001).

conclusionsThe SBI is suitable and may provide survival benefits for TACE treatments in BCLC stage C HCC patients.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarcinoma, HepatocellularChemoembolization, TherapeuticColoring AgentsDose-Response Relationship, DrugEthiodized OilFemaleHepatobiliary EliminationHumansIndocyanine GreenLiverLiver Function TestsLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingColoring AgentsEthiodized OilIndocyanine GreenBCLC stage Chepatocellular carcinomaindocyanine greentransarterial chemoembolizationtreatment strategy

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PMCPMC6943082

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