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Long-Term Outcomes of Transarterial Chemoembolization plus Ablation versus Surgical Resection in Patients with Large
Ying-Wen Hou1, Tian-Qi Zhang1, Li-Di Ma2
1Department of Minimally Invasive Interventional Radiology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, PR China (Y-W.H., T-Q.Z., Y-Q.J., X.H., T.D., L.T., Z-M.H., J-H.H.).
Rationale And Objectives:
Large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exhibits heterogeneous morphologies and varied responses to treatment. We evaluated outcomes of patients with different large HCC classifications receiving surgical resection (SR) or transarterial chemoembolization plus ablation (TA).
Materials And Methods:
Patients with HCC ≥ 5 cm receiving SR or TA between May 2016 and December 2020 at one center were analyzed retrospectively and with propensity score matching (PSM). Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of the 2 treatment groups were compared. Tumors were classified according to imaging morphology and gross pathology: Type I, simple nodular; Type II, simple nodular with extranodular growth or confluent multinodular; Type III, infiltrative.
Results:
Of 644 patients, 374 met the inclusion criteria (300 received SR and 74 received TA). Before PSM, median follow-up was 51.2 (IQR 29.6-65.3) months, and the SR group had longer OS (HR 2.13, 95% CI 1.44-3.15, p<0.001) and PFS (HR 2.31, 95% CI 1.66-3.20, p<0.001) than the TA group; after PSM these differences were not significant (all p>0.05). Infiltrative HCC (Type III) was an independent negative prognostic factor for OS and PFS. Within both treatment groups, patients with infiltrative HCC had shorter OS and PFS than patients with non-infiltrative HCC (Types I and II) (all p<0.001).
Conclusion:
For patients with HCC ≥ 5 cm, tumor classification is an important prognostic factor. In patients with non-infiltrative HCC, TA and SR had comparable OS after PSM. For patients with infiltrative HCC, TA and SR had limited efficacy.
