Transarterial chemoembolization combined with Jie-du granule preparation improves the survival outcomes of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Hetong Zhao; Xiaofeng Zhai; Zhe Chen; Xuying Wan; Lanyu Chen; Feng Shen; Changquan Ling

doi:10.18632/oncotarget.16804

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Transarterial chemoembolization combined with Jie-du granule preparation improves the survival outcomes of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Hetong Zhao, Xiaofeng Zhai, Zhe Chen, Xuying Wan, Lanyu Chen, Feng Shen and Changquan Ling _

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Abstract

Hetong Zhao1,*, Xiaofeng Zhai1,*, Zhe Chen1, Xuying Wan2, Lanyu Chen1, Feng Shen3,*, Changquan Ling1,*

1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

2Department of Combined Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

3Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Changquan Ling, email: [email protected]

Feng Shen, email: [email protected]

Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma, Jie-du granule, transarterial chemoembolization, retrospective cohort study

Received: December 22, 2016 Accepted: March 22, 2017 Published: April 03, 2017

ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), TACE combined with Jie-du granules (JD), and TACE combined with sorafenib (SOR) for treating patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). For this purpose, we conducted a retrospective analysis of data from 266 consecutive patients with unresectable HCC who underwent TACE treatment at the Shanghai Hospital and Eastern Hepatic Surgery Hospital between Jan 2009 and Dec 2010. We prospectively analyzed patient survival and progression times as well as independent predictors, within a follow-up period of 86 months. Patients were divided into TACE-JD (n = 75), TACE-SOR (n = 124) and TACE (n = 67) groups. Median overall survival (OS) times being: TACE-JD, 21.43 months; TACE-SOR, 23.23 months; TACE, 13.97 months (TACE-SOR vs TACE, P < 0.001; TACE-SOR vs TACE-JD, P = 0.852; TACE-JD vs TACE, P < 0.001). The median times to progression (TTP) were as follows: TACE-JD, 8.67 months; TACE-SOR, 5.37 months; TACE, 4.57 months (TACE-SOR vs TACE, P = 0.479; TACE-SOR vs TACE-JD, P < 0.001; TACE-JD vs TACE, P < 0.001). Independent predictors of OS were treatment allocation, Child-Pugh class large tumor, albumin and extrahepatic metastasis. These findings show that patients with unresectable HCC who were administered TACE-JD survived significantly longer compared with those administered TACE or TACE-SOR.

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Transarterial chemoembolization combined with Jie-du granule preparation improves the survival outcomes of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

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