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Article Navigation >  Journal of Clinical Hepatology  > 2021  >  37(9): 2113-2119

Establishment and predictive value of an early warning system for recurrence after radical resection of BCLC stage 0/A hepatocellular carcinoma

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2021.09.022
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    Second Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Chuanbei Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000, China

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    Department of Critical Care Medicine, Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, China

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The 2019 Scientific Research Project of City-University Cooperation in Nanchong Bureau of Science & Technology of Sichuan Province (18SXHZ0332)

  • Received Date: 2021-01-05
  • Accepted Date: 2021-03-01
  • Published Date: 2021-09-20
    Abstract
  •   Objective  To establish an Early Warning System for Recurrence Scoring after Radical Resection of BCLC stage 0/A Primary Liver Cancer (PLC-EWSPRS), and to investigate its predictive value.  Methods  A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 232 patients with BCLC stage 0/A liver cancer who underwent radical resection in Affiliated Hospital of Chuanbei Medical College from January 2009 to January 2015, and according to the presence or absence of recurrence within 5 years after surgery based on telephone or outpatient follow-up data, the patients were divided into recurrence group with 103 patients and non-recurrence group with 129 patients. The t-test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between groups, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed continuous data between groups; the chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was used for comparison of categorical data between groups. The indices with statistical significance were included in the binary logistic regression analysis to investigate the risk factors for recurrence of BCLC stage 0/A liver cancer after surgery. Two points were assigned for independent risk factors and one point was assigned for risk factors to establish the PLC-EWSPRS system. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) were used to evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of this system.  Results  Compared with the non-recurrence group, the recurrence group had significantly higher levels of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and a significantly lower level of albumin (Alb) before surgery (Z=3.864 and 4.587, t=-5.628, all P < 0.001), as well as a significantly higher proportion of patients with positive HBsAg, capsular invasion, microvascular invasion (MVI), tumor diameter ≥5 cm, liver cirrhosis (moderate-to-severe), non-R0 resection, or death within 5 years (χ2=35.539, 22.325, 13.398, 7.130, 4.312, 4.034, and 18.527, all P < 0.05). The regression analysis showed that preoperative Alb < 40 g/L (odds ratio [OR]=5.796, P < 0.001), preoperative ALT ≥40 U/L (OR=3.029, P=0.002), MVI (OR=3.981, P=0.003), positive HBsAg (OR=7.829, P< 0.001), capsular invasion (OR=5.357, P< 0.001), and non-R0 resection (OR=3.048, P=0.018) were independent risk factors for recurrence of BCLC stage 0/A liver cancer within 5 years after surgery. According to the assignment criteria of the PLC-EWSPRS system, the recurrence group had the lowest score of 2 points and the highest score of 14 points, while the non-recurrence had the lowest score of 0 point and the highest score of 11 points, and the recurrence group had a significantly higher score than the non-recurrence group (P < 0.05). The ROC curve analysis showed that the PLC-EWSPRS system had an AUC of 0.918 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.883-0.953, P < 0.001) in predicting recurrence within 5 years after surgery in patients with BCLC stage 0/A liver cancer undergoing radical resection, and subgroup analysis showed that the system had an AUC of 0.796 (95% CI: 0.695-0.896, P=0.002), 0.859 (95% CI: 0.791-0.927, P < 0.001), and 0.944 (95% CI: 0.839-1.000, P=0.044), respectively, in predicting recurrence within 5 years after surgery in patients with a low score of 0-5 points, a moderate score of 6-10 points, and a high score of 11-14 points.  Conclusion  The PLC-EWSPRS system has a good value in predicting the recurrence of BCLC stage 0/A liver cancer within 5 years after surgery and thus has important guiding significance for postoperative reexamination and treatment strategy for patients with BCLC stage 0/A liver cancer undergoing radical resection.

     

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