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Prognostic value and preoperative predictors of microvascular invasion in solitary hepatocellular carcinoma ≤ 5 cm without macrovascular invasion
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Abstract
Hui Zhao1,3,*, Ye Hua2,*, Zhihua Lu1, Shen Gu3, Laifa Zhu1, Yuan Ji1, Yudong Qiu3, Tu Dai1 and Huihan Jin1
1Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi Second People’s Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
2Department of Neurology, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi Second People’s Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
3Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
*These authors have contributed equally to this work
Correspondence to:
Huihan Jin, email: [email protected]
Tu Dai, email: [email protected]
Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma, microvascular invasion, prognosis, preoperative predictors
Received: December 15, 2016 Accepted: April 25, 2017 Published: May 22, 2017
ABSTRACT
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value and preoperative predictors of microvascular invasion (MVI) in solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ≤ 5 cm without macrovascular invasion.
Methods: A total of 233 consecutive HCC patients underwent curative hepatectomy were included in our study. Independent risk factors influencing the prognosis were identified, and preoperative predictors for MVI were determined.
Results: Multivariate regression analysis identified ICG-R15, BCLC staging and MVI as independent risk factors for the overall survival rate. Type of resection and MVI were independent risk factors for the recurrence-free survival rate. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed the overall survival and recurrence-free survival rates in patients with MVI were significantly poorer than those in patients without MVI (P = 0.002 and P = 0.001). Anatomical resection obviously improved the overall survival and recurrence-free survival rates in patients with MVI compared with non-anatomical resection (P = 0.017 and P = 0.009). A prediction scoring system for MVI was built up according to the three independent predictors (tumor size > 3.5 cm, AFP > 200 ng/mL and GGT > 53 U/L). The prevalence of MVI in HCC patients with predictive score ≥ 2 was 58.3%, which was obviously higher than patients with predictive score < 2 (20.8%).
Conclusions: MVI is associated with a poor prognosis in solitary HCC ≤ 5 cm after hepatectomy. Anatomical resection could improve the prognosis of HCC patients with MVI. The preoperative prediction scoring model has practical value for the prediction of MVI.
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