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Aim of this study is to evaluate whether treating HCC recurrences in resected elderly patients is advantageous or not.
Introduction- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy. It usually develops in cirrhotic liver with high recurrence rates. More than 2/3 of patients are elderly, often excluded from surgery and follow-up protocols. Aim of this study is to evaluate whether treating HCC recurrences in resected elderly patients is advantageous or not.
Materials and methods- 126 patients, aged between 65 and 90 years, submitted to liver resection for HCC were enrolled. They were divided into three classes. Class 1 included patients submitted to major resections, Class 2 to minor resections and Class 3 to minor resections associated with thermoablation. All of them were clinically and radiologically followed up. Patients who developed recurrences (Group A) were referred to further treatments (surgery, interventional radiology or pharmacological therapy). Mortality, disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS) and quality of life (QoL) were evaluated and compared with non-recurrent patients (Group B).
Used interventional radiology means were Radiofrequency ablation (RF), microwaves ablation (MWA) or transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group A | Patients who developed HCC recurrences after surgery and treated with re-resection, or microinvasive non-surgical means. |
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| Group B | Patients who did not develop recurrences after surgery. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| liver resection | Procedure | resection of one or more HCC nodules within the liver |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Overall survival | survival in months | follow up time 1-16 years |
| Disease free survival | survival without recurrences in months | follow up time 1-16 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Karnofsky performance scale | evaluation of performance status in dimensionless scale 0 - 100 | follow up time 1-16 years |
| Activity of Daily living | assess the ability to manage common routine activities evaluated in dimensionless scale 1-6 |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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all patients submitted to surgery for HCC nodules resection between 2002 and 2017
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Stefania Brozzetti, Professor | Policlinico Umberto I - Sapienza università di Roma | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Surgery "Pietro Valdoni" | Roma | 00161 | Italy |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006498 | Hepatectomy |
| D000078703 | Radiofrequency Ablation |
| ID | Term |
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| D013505 | Digestive System Surgical Procedures |
| D013514 | Surgical Procedures, Operative |
| D000078702 | Radiofrequency Therapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Thermic ablation | Procedure | ablation of HCC nodule through a percutaneous needle, by using radiofrequency or microwaves |
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| Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization | Procedure | embolization of HCC nodule via drug-eluted microbeads. |
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| follow up time 1-16 years |
| Instrumental Activity of Daily living | assess the ability to use common instruments evaluated in dimensionless scale 1-8 | follow up time 1-16 years |
| Blood Haemoglobin | evaluation of mean haemoglobin levels in g/dl | follow up time 1-16 years |
| serum Albumin | evaluation of mean albumin levels in g/dl | follow up time 1-16 years |
| Geriatric Depression Scale | evaluation of depression in patients in dimensionless scale 0 - 15 | follow up time 1-16 years |
| D055011 | Ablation Techniques |