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Vol. 89. Issue 4.
Pages 223-229 (April 2011)
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Vol. 89. Issue 4.
Pages 223-229 (April 2011)
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Surgical treatment of liver cancer: Experience of the A Coruña UHC (Spain)
Tratamiento quirúrgico del hepatocarcinoma: experiencia del CHU A Coruña
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, Salvador Pita Fernándezb, Julia Quintela Fandiñoa, Javier Aguirrezabalagaa, Alejandra Oteroa, Francisco Suáreza, Gerardo Corbala, Carlos Fernándeza, Manuel Gómez Gutiérreza
a Unidad de Cirugía Hepatobiliopancreática y Trasplante Hepático, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
b Unidad de Estadística y Epidemiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Corua, A Coruna, Spain
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Abstract
Introduction

Liver cancer (LC) is one of the most frequent tumours, in which the potentially curative treatment is surgery: partial surgical resection or liver transplant.

Objectives

To determine the morbidity and mortality, survival, and their associated factors in patients with LC, according to the type of surgical treatment: partial surgical resection or liver transplant.

Material and methods

A retrospective, observational follow-up study of LC patients diagnosed and treated from June 1994 to December 2007. A descriptive analysis of the variables was performed, as well as a Kaplan- Meier survival analysis and Cox regression.

Results

The incidence of tumour recurrence in the 150 transplant patients was 13.3%, with a survival at 1, 3, and 5 years of 89.3%, 73.1% and 61.4%, respectively. The multivariate analysis showed that only the histological grade/differentiation was an independent risk factor. In the 33 patients with partial surgical resection, the incidence of tumour was 51.5%, with a survival at 1, 3, and 5 years of 90.9%, 60.2%, and 38.6%, respectively. A significantly higher mortality was observed in patients with higher tumour and TNM staging.

Conclusions

The survival throughout follow-up was higher in liver transplant, and tumour recurrence was more frequent in patients with partial surgical resection. The survival results in transplanted patients are consistent with the Spanish and European Liver Transplant Register and with the United Network for Organ Sharing register.

Keywords:
Hepatocarcinoma
Liver transplant
Ablative treatment
Survival
Resumen
Introducción

El hepatocarcinoma (HCC) es uno de los tumores más frecuentes, y su tratamiento potencialmente curativo es la cirugía: resección quirúrgica parcial o trasplante hepático.

Objetivos

Determinar la morbimortalidad, la supervivencia y sus factores asociados en pacientes con HCC según tipo de tratamiento quirúrgico: trasplante hepático o resección quirúrgica parcial.

Material y métodos

Estudio observacional de seguimiento retrospectivo de HCC diagnosticados y tratados de junio de 1994 a diciembre de 2007. Se realiza un análisis descriptivo de las variables, análisis de supervivencia Kaplan-Meier y regresión de Cox.

Resultados

En los 150 pacientes trasplantados, la incidencia de recidiva tumoral es del 13,3%, con supervivencias a 1, 3 y 5 años del 89,3, el 73,1 y el 61,4% respectivamente; el análisis multivariable demuestra que sólo el grado de diferenciación histológica es factor de riesgo independiente. En los 33 pacientes con resección quirúrgica parcial, la incidencia de recidiva tumoral fue del 51,5%, con supervivencias a 1, 3 y 5 años del 90,9, el 60,2 y el 38,6%. Se evidencia una mortalidad significativamente mayor en pacientes con estadio tumoral y TNM superiores.

Conclusiones

La supervivencia en el seguimiento es mayor con trasplante hepático y la recidiva tumoral es más frecuente en pacientes con resección quirúrgica parcial. Los resultados de supervivencia en pacientes trasplantados coinciden con el Registro Español y Europeo de Trasplante Hepático y el registro de la United Network for Organ Sharing.

Palabras clave:
Hepatocarcinoma
Trasplante hepático
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