Prediction of survival among patients receiving transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: A response-based approach

Han, G. (Guohong); Berhane, S. (Sarah); Toyoda, H. (Hidenori); Bettinger, D. (Dominik); Elshaarawy, O. (Omar); Chan, A.W.H. (Anthony W. H.); Kirstein, M. (Martha); Mosconi, C. (Cristina); Hucke, F. (Florian); Palmer, D. (Daniel); Pinato, D.J. (David J.); Sharma, R. (Rohini); Ottaviani, D. (Diego); Jang, J.W. (Jeong W.); Labeur, T.A. (Tim A.); Delden, O.M. (Otto M.) van; Pirisi, M. (Mario); Stern, N. (Nick); Sangro, B. (Bruno); Meyer, T. (Tim); Fateen, W. (Waleed); García-Fiñana, M. (Marta); Gomaa, A. (Asmaa); Waked, I. (Imam); Rewisha, E. (Eman); Aithal, G.P. (Guru P.); Travis, S. (Simon); Kudo, M. (Masatoshi); Cucchetti, A. (Alessandro); Peck-Radosavljevic, M. (Markus); Takkenberg, R.B. (R. B.); Chan, S.L. (Stephen L.); Vogel, A. (Arndt); Johnson, P.J. (Philip J.)

Keywords:

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)
Scoring systems
Patient survival

Issue Date:

2020

Publisher:

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

ISSN:

0270-9139

Note:

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Citation:

Han, G. (Guohong); Berhane, S. (Sarah); Toyoda, H. (Hidenori); et al. "Prediction of survival among patients receiving transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: A response-based approach". Hepatology. 72 (1), 2020, 198 - 212

Abstract

Background and aims: The heterogeneity of intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the widespread use of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) outside recommended guidelines have encouraged the development of scoring systems that predict patient survival. The aim of this study was to build and validate statistical models that offer individualized patient survival prediction using response to TACE as a variable. Approach and results: Clinically relevant baseline parameters were collected for 4,621 patients with HCC treated with TACE at 19 centers in 11 countries. In some of the centers, radiological responses (as assessed by modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [mRECIST]) were also accrued. The data set was divided into a training set, an internal validation set, and two external validation sets. A pre-TACE model ("Pre-TACE-Predict") and a post-TACE model ("Post-TACE-Predict") that included response were built. The performance of the models in predicting overall survival (OS) was compared with existing ones. The median OS was 19.9 months. The factors influencing survival were tumor number and size, alpha-fetoprotein, albumin, bilirubin, vascular invasion, cause, and response as assessed by mRECIST. The proposed models showed superior predictive accuracy compared with existing models (the hepatoma arterial embolization prognostic score and its various modifications) and allowed for patient stratification into four distinct risk categories whose median OS ranged from 7 months to more than 4 years. Conclusions: A TACE-specific and extensively validated model based on routinely available clinical features and response after first TACE permitted patient-level prognostication

URI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10171/67701

DOI:

10.1002/hep.31022

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DA - CUN - Hepatología - Artículos de revista

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