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ArticleHPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association2020

Tumor grade may be used to select patients with multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma for resection.

Samantha M Ruff, Luke D Rothermel, Laurence P Diggs, Michael M Wach, Reed I Ayabe, Sean P Martin, David Boulware, Daniel Anaya, Jeremy L Davis, John E Mullinax and 1 more

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Article in HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Samantha M RuffSurgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Luke D RothermelDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Laurence P DiggsSurgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Michael M WachSurgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Reed I AyabeSurgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Sean P MartinSurgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
David BoulwareDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Daniel AnayaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Jeremy L DavisSurgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
John E MullinaxSarcoma Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Jonathan M HernandezSurgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. Electronic address: Jonathan.hernandez@nih.gov.

Funding

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHP30CA076292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI KENNETH Lynn WRIGHT · 1998 to 2026
$93.5M
Evaluating outcomes for patients with primary-metastatic gastrointestinal cancerZIABC011861 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HERNANDEZ, JONATHAN · 2019 to 2025
$166k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA076292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile resection is a recommended treatment for patients with stage 1 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), it remains controversial for multifocal disease. We sought to identify patients with multifocal HCC with survival after resection similar to patients with clinical stage 1 HCC.

methodsThe National Cancer Database was queried to identify patients that underwent resection for HCC.

resultsIn this study, 2990 patients with a single tumor, and 1087 patients with multifocal disease confined to one lobe underwent resection. In the multifocal cohort, patients with clinical stage 3 (HR 1.54, CI 1.31-1.81, p < 0.0001) or 4 (HR 2.27, CI 1.57-3.29, p < 0.0001) disease, and those with moderately-differentiated (HR 1.32, CI 1.06-1.64, p = 0.012) or poorly differentiated/undifferentiated tumors (HR 1.53, CI 1.20-1.95, p = 0.0006) were associated with worse overall survival (OS). There was no difference in OS between patients with well-differentiated clinical stage 2 multifocal HCC and those with all grades of clinical stage 1 HCC (median of 84.8 (CI 66.3-107.2) vs 76.2 months (CI 71.2-81.3), respectively, p = 0.356).

conclusionsPatients with well-differentiated, clinical stage 2 multifocal HCC confined to one lobe experience similar OS following hepatic resection to patients with clinical stage 1 disease. These findings may impact the management of select patients with multifocal HCC.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsHepatectomyHumansTreatment Outcome

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PMID31734237
PMCPMC7771330

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