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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2022

Factors Influencing Overall Survival for Patients with Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database.

Georgios Polychronidis, Jincheng Feng, Anastasia Murtha-Lemekhova, Ulrike Heger, Arianeb Mehrabi, Katrin Hoffmann

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  1. Treatment and Prognosis of Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Systematic Review of the Recent Literature and Meta-analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023
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Georgios PolychronidisDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jincheng FengDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Anastasia Murtha-LemekhovaDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1294-7459
Ulrike HegerDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany.
Arianeb MehrabiDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany.
Katrin HoffmannDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe study aimed to develop a nomogram to predict overall survival (OS) for patients with FLC using a national database.

methodsThe Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database of the National Cancer Institute was reviewed to identify FLC cases with histological confirmation between 2004 and 2014. Cox proportional hazards models were used to identify factors associated with OS. The validation of the nomogram was performed using concordance index (C-index) and calibration curves.

resultsOut of 170 cases with complete follow-up, 87 received surgery/ablation and 12 received transplantation with significantly higher OS than chemotherapy alone while transplantation combined with chemotherapy showed better survival than solely transplantation. The combination of surgery and chemotherapy showed worse OS than surgery alone. Survival was negatively influenced by T4 stadium (HR = 5.91), while young age and surgery were positive predictive factors. There was no influence of gender, ethnicity or nodal status on survival. The rate of AFP positivity was comparable with and without the presence of distal metastases.

conclusionFLC survival is greatly dependent upon appropriate surgical management irrespective of tumor stadium.

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carcinomafibrolamellarhepatocellularSEER

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PMID35035232
PMCPMC8754463

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