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FRONTIERS IN SURGERY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.988484
Keywords
hepatocellular carcinoma; tumor size; P for interaction; P for trend; per 1 SD
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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between tumor size and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and found an interaction between age and tumor size. The results showed that tumor size was not an independent risk factor for prognosis when patients were older than 65 years. Therefore, stratified analysis should be performed according to age when analyzing the relationship between tumor size and prognosis.
BackgroundPrevious studies suggested that tumor size was an independent risk factor of prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the general prognostic analysis did not consider the interaction between variables. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the effect of tumor size on the prognosis of isolated HCC without vascular invasion varies according to covariates. MethodsPatients were selected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to investigate whether there was an interaction between age and tumor size on the prognosis. Then the trend test and the value of per 1 SD of tumor size were calculated. In addition, the data of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital meeting the requirements were selected to verify the obtained conclusions. ResultsMultivariable Cox regression analysis of the database cohort showed that age, gender, tumor size, pathological grade and marital status were independent risk factors for prognosis. Interaction test showed that there was an interaction between age and tumor size (P for interaction < 0.05). Stratified analysis by age showed that tumor size was an independent risk factor for prognosis when age <= 65 years old (HR:1.010,95%CI1.007-1.013 P < 0.001), while tumor size was not an independent risk factor for prognosis when age >65 years old. This result was confirmed by trend analysis (P for trend < 0.001), and the prognostic risk increased by 42.1% for each standard deviation increase of tumor size among patients age <= 65 years. Consistent conclusion was obtained by multivariable cox regression analysis and interaction test on the verification cohort. In the validation cohort, for each standard deviation increase of tumor size in patients <= 65 years old, the risk of prognosis increased by 52.4%. ConclusionTumor size is not an independent risk factor for the prognosis of isolated HCC without vascular invasion when patient's age >65 years. Therefore, when analyzing the relationship between tumor size and prognosis, stratified analysis should be performed according to age.
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