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ArticleCancers2022

Prognostic Factors for Overall Survival in Patients with HCV-Related HCC Undergoing Molecular Targeted Therapies: Beyond a Sustained Virological Response.

Yasunori Minami, Tomoko Aoki, Hirokazu Chishina, Masahiro Takita, Satoru Hagiwara, Hiroshi Ida, Kazuomi Ueshima, Naoshi Nishida, Masatoshi Kudo

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yasunori MinamiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7146-5954
Tomoko AokiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9950-4553
Hirokazu ChishinaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.
Masahiro TakitaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.
Satoru HagiwaraDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.
Hiroshi IdaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.
Kazuomi UeshimaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.
Naoshi NishidaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9111-5668
Masatoshi KudoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4102-3474
Kindai University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The treatment of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has reduced the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-related mortality. Many patients with advanced HCC have achieved longer survival through systemic chemotherapy. However, survivors of HCC may develop liver cancer during and after treatment. Therefore, the present study investigated prognostic factors for survival in patients with HCV-related HCC in the new era of molecular targeted therapy. Methods: A total of 359 patients with HCV-related HCC treated with first-line chemotherapy were reviewed. A Cox proportional hazards model and Kaplan−Meier curve were used to identify prognostic factors associated with survival outcomes. Results: The median follow-up duration was 16.0 months (range, 1.0−115.7) and the median duration of first-line systemic therapy was 3.73 months (range, 0.7−86.9). The achievement of a sustained virological response (SVR) (p  <  0.001), albumin−bilirubin (ALBI) grade II/III (p  <  0.001), Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage C (p  =  0.005), extrahepatic spread (p < 0.001), baseline AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) level ≥ 90 (p = 0.038), baseline DCP (des-γ-carboxy prothrombin) level ≥ 500 (p < 0.001), and a fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index ≥ 4 (p  =  0.003) were identified as prognostic factors for overall survival. Conclusions: The achievement of SVR was most strongly associated with overall survival. Other factors, such as the BCLC stage, extrahepatic spread, baseline tumor marker (AFP/DCP) levels, ALBI grade, and FIB-4 index need to be considered in the management of patients with HCV-related HCC.

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ALBI gradeBCLC stageFIB-4 indexhepatocellular carcinomamolecular targeted therapyoverall survivalprognostic factorsustained virological response

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PMID36230773
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