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ArticleJournal of hepatocellular carcinoma2023

Clinical Benefits of Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy on the Postoperative Recurrence of Centrally Located Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Real-World Evidence Based on Phase II Clinical Trial.

Changcheng Tao, Fan Wu, Hongwei Wang, Liming Wang, Yue Liu, Anke Wu, Linlin Zheng, Yaru Wang, Bo Chen, Weiqi Rong and 1 more

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Article in Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Changcheng Tao *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Fan Wu *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Hongwei Wang *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Liming WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Yue LiuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Anke WuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Linlin ZhengDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Yaru WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Bo ChenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Weiqi RongDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-1127-1709
Jianxiong WuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, People's Republic of China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Although surgical resection is one of the most effective way to treat liver cancer, its efficacy and safety in treatment of centrally located hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains elusive. Therefore, it is very important to find a comprehensive treatment mode, such as radical resection combined with neoadjuvant radiotherapy (neoRT). Methods: The centrally located HCC patients who underwent radical resection from July 2015 to April 2021 were enrolled. According to whether the neoRT was implemented or not, these patients were allocated into neoadjuvant radiotherapy combined with liver resection (neoRT+LR) and liver resection alone (LR) group. The research method used propensity-score analysis and Cox proportional-hazards regression models. We generated an E-value to assess the sensitivity to unmeasured confounding. This study is a real-world, retrospective study based on phase II clinical trial. Results: A total of 168 patients were enrolled, including 38 patients treating with neoRT+LR and 130 patients with LR. The 1-, 3-, 5-year disease free survival (DFS) rates were 74%, 55% and 39% in the neoRT+LR group, and 44%, 28%, and 24% in the LR group, respectively. Neoadjuvant radiotherapy was an independent prognostic factor for postoperative recurrence ([HR]0.42, 95% CI [0.25, 0.69]). There was significant association between neoRT+LR and longer disease-free survival (Match, [HR] 0.43, 95% CI [0.24, 0.76]; GenMatch, [HR] 0.32, 95% CI [0.23, 0.43]; Adjusted for propensity score, [HR] 0.41, 95% CI [0.23, 0.73]; Inverse probability weighting, [HR] 0.38, 95% CI [0.22, 0.65], respectively). DFS before and after matching analysis was statistically different in two groups ( Conclusion: Liver resection combined with neoadjuvant radiotherapy was effective and safe for treatment of centrally located HCC patients, which improved the prognosis of patients and reduced the incidence of early recurrence.

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centrally located hepatocellular carcinomaneoadjuvant radiotherapyradical resectionrecurrence

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