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01.05.2005 | Original Paper
The prognostic factor for outcome following second resection for intrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma with a hepatitis B virus infection background
Erschienen in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | Ausgabe 5/2005
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Purpose
Second resection has been proved to be a safe and effective treatment for patients with intrahepatic recurrent HCC after primary resection; however, preoperative prognostic factors for outcome following second resection in patients with a hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection background remains to be clarified.
Methods
Fifty-seven patients with intrahepatic recurrent an HCC and HBV infection background received second resection from 1997 to 2003 in our institute. All of them were negative for anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) and positive regarding HBV profile. Patient and tumor factors were analyzed.
Results
At the time of preparing this paper, 31 had re-recurrence and 21patients had died. No postoperative mortality was noted. The 1-, 3-, and 5-year overall survival after second resection were 69.9%, 61.2%, and 30.6%, respectively. Univariate and multivariate analysis showed that vascular invasion and time to recurrence were the independent prognostic factors for overall survival following second resection. The 3- and 4-year overall survival after second resection were 57.7% and 46.6% in patients with the presence of any of two risk factors (n=46), and 100% and 100% in those with absence of both risk factors (n=11, P=0.008).
Conclusions
Vascular invasion and time to recurrence were the prognostic factors for overall survival following second resection of intrahepatic recurrent HCC.