Author:
Feng Long-Hai,Zhu Yu-Yao,Zhou Jia-Min,Wang Miao,Xu Wei-Qi,Zhang Ti,Mao An-Rong,Cong Wen-Ming,Dong Hui,Wang Lu
Abstract
BackgroundTo identify whether adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) can improve prognosis in HCC patients with a low risk of recurrence (tumor size ≤ 5 cm, single nodule, no satellites, and no microvascular or macrovascular invasions) after hepatectomy.MethodsThe data of 489 HCC patients with a low risk of recurrence after hepatectomy from Shanghai Cancer Center (SHCC) and Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital (EHBH) were retrospectively reviewed. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed with Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazards regression models. The effects of selection bias and confounding factors were balanced using propensity score matching (PSM).ResultsIn the SHCC cohort, 40 patients (19.9%, 40/201) received adjuvant TACE, and in the EHBH cohort, 113 patients (46.2%, 133/288) received adjuvant TACE. Compared to the patients without adjuvant TACE after hepatectomy, patients receiving adjuvant TACE had significantly shorter RFS (P=0.022; P=0.014) in both cohorts before PSM. However, no significant difference existed in OS (P=0.568; P=0.082). Multivariate analysis revealed that serum alkaline phosphatase and adjuvant TACE were independent prognostic factors for recurrence in both cohorts. Furthermore, significant differences existed in tumor size between the adjuvant TACE and non-adjuvant TACE groups in the SHCC cohort. There were differences in transfusion, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage and tumor-node-metastasis stage in the EHBH cohort. These factors were balanced by PSM. After PSM, patients with adjuvant TACE after hepatectomy still had significantly shorter RFS than those without (P=0.035; P=0.035) in both cohorts, but there was no difference in OS (P=0.638; P=0.159). Adjuvant TACE was the only independent prognostic factor for recurrence in multivariate analysis, with hazard ratios of 1.95 and 1.57.ConclusionsAdjuvant TACE may not improve long-term survival and might promote postoperative recurrence in HCC patients with a low risk of recurrence after hepatectomy.
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