Journal
EJSO
Volume 35, Issue 6, Pages 617-621Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.12.009
Keywords
Fibrolamellar; Hepatocellular; Chemotherapy; FDG-PET; Surgery; Liver cancer
Funding
- Department of Health's NIHR Biomedical Research Centres
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Aim: We report the clinical outcome for a series of tell patients with fibrolamellar hepatocellular treated with resection followed by close surveillance and aggressive management of relapse. Methods: The case notes for all patients treated at this institution since 1982 were reviewed and details of initial stage and management were extracted along with investigations and treatment of relapse. Time to relapse, overall survival and post-relapse survival were analysed. Results: Relapse occurred in all ten cases at a median of 2.2 (95% CI 0.9-2.7) years but, with a combination of re-resection, systemic chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the overall median survival was 9.3 (95% CI 3.0-18.5) years. One patient was disease free eight years after two resections for recurrent disease. Two of nine patients had a partial response to cisplatin and fluorouracil while three had stable disease. FDG-PET was positive for recurrence in three of four cases of relapse, and in one case detected recurrence in advance of CT. Conclusion: The early detection of relapse combined with multimodality therapy results in prolonged survival. Further improvements in systemic therapy are required to improve the prognosis in this disease. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All fights reserved.
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