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ONCOLOGY
卷 89, 期 3, 页码 167-174出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000381808
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Hepatocellular carcinoma; Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization-refractory hepatocellular carcinoma; Tumor marker; Sorafenib
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Background/Aim: We examined tumor marker levels to assess in more detail transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)-refractory hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Materials and Methods: We enrolled patients treated from 2000 to 2011 for HCC beyond the Milan criteria who had good hepatic reserve function (Child-Pugh A) and no portal vein thrombosis or metastases (n = 154). The modified criteria for being TACE-refractory according to the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan (m-LCSGJ), from which the tumor marker item was excluded, and the Assessment for Retreatment with TACE (ART) score were used for determining whether the HCC was TACE refractory. alpha-Fetoprotein >= 100 ng/ml, fucosylated alpha-fetoprotein >= 10%, and des-gammacarboxy prothrombin >= 100 mAU/ml were used to define whether tumor markers were positive. We added up the number of positive tumor markers as a prognostic score to assess in more detail the evaluation of TACE-refractory HCC. Results: In order to divide the patients into a refractory and nonrefractory group, the m-LCSGJ criteria [mean survival time (MST) 27.1 vs. 49.9 months; p < 0.001] were superior to the ART score (MST 22.0 vs. 35.1 months; p = 0.051). In the refractory group according to the m-LCSGJ criteria, the patients with a low score of positive tumor markers (<2) after 2 sessions of TACE (n = 36) showed a better prognosis than the others (n = 72) (MST 37.7 vs. 23.2 months; p = 0.014). Conclusion: Patients being nonrefractory according to the m-LCSGJ criteria had a better response, and using the number of tumor markers (>= 2) is an easy method for predicting the response to TACE and for a more detailed evaluation of TACE-refractory HCC. (C) 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel
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