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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2021

Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on Oncologic Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinomas in Non-Cirrhotic, Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis: a Matched-Pair Analysis.

Adrian T Billeter, Philip C Müller, Thomas Albrecht, Stephanie Roessler, Moritz Löffler, Anastasia Lemekhova, Arianeb Mehrabi, Beat P Müller-Stich, Katrin Hoffmann

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients without cirrhosis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025
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  9. Reduced Rates of Post-Transplant Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adrian T Billeter *Department of General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. adrianbilleter@gmail.com.
Philip C Müller *Department of General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8317-3449
Thomas AlbrechtInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Stephanie RoesslerInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Moritz LöfflerInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anastasia LemekhovaDepartment of General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Arianeb MehrabiDepartment of General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Beat P Müller-StichDepartment of General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Katrin HoffmannDepartment of General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNon-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) associated hepatocellular carcinomas (NASH-HCC) are increasing. NASH-HCC often develops in the fibrotic liver. Several analyses report conflicting results regarding the outcome of non-cirrhotic NASH-HCC. Furthermore, type 2 diabetes (T2D) is considered a risk factor for poor survival. The aim of this study was to investigate oncological outcomes of non-cirrhotic NASH-HCC and the impact of T2D.

methodsPatients with non-cirrhotic NASH-HCC with T2D as determined by an expert pathologist conducting histological slide review were matched for risks factors for poor outcome (age, gender, body mass index) with patients with NASH-HCC without T2D. These patients were then matched 1:1 with HCCs of other underlying liver diseases with and without T2D. Oncological outcomes were assessed using Kaplan-Meier curves.

resultsOut of 365 HCCs resected between 2001 and 2017, 34 patients with non-cirrhotic NASH-HCC were selected (17 with T2D, 17 without T2D) and matched with 26 patients with hepatitis-HCC and 28 patients with alcohol-related HCC. Oncological risk factors such as tumor size, resection margin, and vessel invasion were comparable. There was no difference in overall survival (5-year survival 71.3% for NASH-HCC, 60.4% for hepatitis-HCC, 79.9% for alcohol-HCC). NASH-HCC was associated with longer disease-specific survival than hepatitis-HCC (5-year 87.5% vs. 63.7%, p = 0.048), while recurrence-free survival was identical. T2D had no impact on oncological outcomes in either liver disease.

conclusionNon-cirrhotic NASH-HCC has outcomes comparable with other underling etiologies. Despite a lack of cirrhosis, patients with non-cirrhotic NASH-HCC have the same risks of HCC recurrence as patients with cirrhotic liver disease of other etiologies.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Liver NeoplasmsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseHumansLiver CirrhosisMatched-Pair AnalysisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalDiabetesHCCNAFLDNASHNon-cirrhotic HCCType 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID32378092
PMCPMC8096744
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