1. Survival Benefit of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy over Sorafenib in the Treatment of Locally Progressed Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Hideki, Iwamoto, Takashi, Niizeki, Hiroaki, Nagamatsu, Kazuomi, Ueshima, Takako, Nomura, Teiji, Kuzuya, Kazuhiro, Kasai, Yohei, Kooka, Atsushi, Hiraoka, Rie, Sugimoto, Takehiro, Yonezawa, Akio, Ishihara, Akihiro, Deguchi, Hirotaka, Arai, Shigeo, Shimose, Tomotake, Shirono, Masahito, Nakano, Shusuke, Okamura, Yu, Noda, Naoki, Kamachi, Miwa, Sakai, Hiroyuki, Suzuki, Hajime, Aino, Norito, Matsukuma, Satoru, Matsugaki, Kei, Ogata, Yoichi, Yano, Takato, Ueno, Masahiko, Kajiwara, Satoshi, Itano, Kunitaka, Fukuizumi, Hiroshi, Kawano, Kazunori, Noguchi, Masatoshi, Tanaka, Taizo, Yamaguchi, Ryoko, Kuromatsu, Atsushi, Kawaguchi, Hironori, Koga, Takuji, Torimura, New Fp Study Group, and Kurume Liver Cancer Study Group Of Japan
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Oncology ,Sorafenib ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,molecular targeted therapy ,lcsh:RC254-282 ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy ,medicine ,Overall survival ,intra-arterial infusions ,neoplasms ,Cisplatin ,business.industry ,hepatocellular carcinoma ,lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Regimen ,Survival benefit ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Hepatocellular carcinoma ,Propensity score matching ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,sorafenib ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
BACKROUND: Not all patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) benefit from treatment with molecular targeted agents such as sorafenib. We investigated whether New-FP (fine-powder cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil), a hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy regimen, is more favorable than sorafenib as an initial treatment for locally progressed HCC. METHODS: To avoid selection bias, we corrected the data from different facilities that did or did not perform New-FP therapy. In total, 1709 consecutive patients with HCC initially treated with New-FP or sorafenib, 1624 (New-FP, n = 644, sorafenib n = 980) were assessed. After propensity score matching (PSM), overall survival (OS) and prognostic factors were assessed (n = 344 each). Additionally, the patients were categorized into four groups: cohort-1 [(without macrovascular invasion (MVI) and extrahepatic spread (EHS)], cohort-2 (with MVI), cohort-3 (with EHS), and cohort-4 (with MVI and EHS) to clarify the efficacy of each treatment. RESULTS: New-FP prolonged OS than sorafenib after PSM (New-FP, 12 months, sorafenib, 7.9 months, p <, 0.001). Sorafenib treatment, and severe MVI and EHS were poor prognostic factors. In the subgroup analyses, the OS was significantly longer the New-FP group in cohort-2. CONCLUSIONS: Local treatment using New-FP is a potentially superior initial treatment compared with sorafenib as a multidisciplinary treatment in locally progressed HCC without EHS.
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- 2021