A 15-year retrospective study of hepatic resection for stage IV-A hepatocellular carcinoma shows value in hepatitis B negative patients.
BACKGROUND
The aim of this study is to identify the risk factors of survival and recurrence after curative hepatic resection for stage IV-A hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).


METHODS
Sixty-five patients with stage IV-A HCC who underwent curative hepatic resection and discharged from hospital were enrolled in this retrospective study. Prognostic factors were evaluated by univariate and multivariate analysis. Clinicopathologic features and survival with stage IV-A HCC were compared with those of 290 patients with stage I to III HCC who underwent curative hepatic resection during the same period.


RESULTS
Disease-free and overall survival for patients with stage IV-A HCC was significantly lower than for those with stage I to III HCC. Positive hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen was an independent prognostic factor of poor disease-free and overall survivals in patients with stage IV-A HCC. There were no significant differences in the disease-free and overall survivals between non-HBV-related stage IV-A HCC and stage I to III HCC.


CONCLUSIONS
Even for patients with highly advanced HCC, curative hepatic resection may be a feasible therapeutic option for those with non-HBV-related HCC.
Hanazaki
Kazuhiro
K
Second Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621 Japan. hanayan@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
Kajikawa
Shoji
S
Shimozawa
Nobuhiko
N
Mihara
Motohiro
M
Shimada
Ko
K
Hiraguri
Manabu
M
Koide
Naohiko
N
Adachi
Wataru
W
Amano
Jun
J
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome