Mass Reduction by Radiofrequency Ablation Before Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy Improved Prognosis for Patients With Huge Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Portal Vein Thrombus

2010 ◽  
Vol 194 (2) ◽  
pp. W221-W226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masashi Hirooka ◽  
Yohei Koizumi ◽  
Yoshiyasu Kisaka ◽  
Masanori Abe ◽  
Hidehiro Murakami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Radiofrequency Ablation ◽  
Portal Vein ◽  
Hepatic Arterial Infusion ◽  
Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Mass Reduction ◽  
Arterial Infusion ◽  
Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Huge Hepatocellular Carcinoma

scholarly journals Combination Therapy of Chemoembolization and Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis Compared with Chemoembolization Alone: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Bao-Jiang Liu ◽  
Song Gao ◽  
Xu Zhu ◽  
Jian-Hai Guo ◽  
Fu-Xin Kou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Portal Vein ◽  
Transarterial Chemoembolization ◽  
Hepatic Arterial Infusion ◽  
Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis ◽  
Arterial Infusion ◽  
Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Infusion Chemotherapy ◽  
Tumor Thrombosis

Background. Survival of patients with portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT) is extremely poor; transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a treatment for patients with HCC and PVTT. Some studies showed that hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) might improve the survival of HCC with PVTT. There were few researches of combining TACE with HAIC for patients with HCC and PVTT. Aim. This study was aimed at comparing overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) following treatment with conventional transarterial chemoembolization plus hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (cTACE-HAIC) or conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) alone in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT). Methods. From January 2011 to December 2016, 155 patients with HCC and PVTT who received cTACE-HAIC (cTACE-HAIC group) ( n = 86 ) or cTACE alone (cTACE group) ( n = 69 ) were retrospectively evaluated. Propensity score matching (PSM) reduced the confounding bias and yielded 60 matched patient pairs. The tumors’ responses were evaluated using the modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (mRECIST). OS and PFS of groups were compared using the Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test, and Cox proportional hazard regression models. Results. The median follow-up duration was 93 months (range: 1–93 months). The cTACE-HAIC group’s OS (9.0 months) and PFS (6.0 months) were significantly longer than the cTACE group’s OS (5.0 months) and PFS (2.0 months) ( p = 0.018 and p = 0.045 , respectively) in the matched cohort. Multivariate analyses showed that cTACE-HAIC was independently associated with OS (hazard ratio (HR) 0.602, p = 0.010 ) and PFS (HR 0.66, p = 0.038 ). The matched groups did not differ regarding grade 3 or 4 adverse events. Conclusion. cTACE-HAIC was superior to cTACE alone regarding OS and PFS in patients with HCC and PVTT. Treatment-associated toxicities were generally well tolerated.

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