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Clinical prognosis of surgical resection versus transarterial chemoembolization for single large hepatocellular carcinoma (≥5 cm): A propensity score matching analysis
Document Type
article
Source
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 39, Iss 3, Pp 302-310 (2023)
Subject
large hepatocellular carcinoma
overall survival
progression‐free survival
surgical resection
transarterial chemoembolization
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Language
English
ISSN
2410-8650
1607-551X
Abstract
Abstract Favorable prognostic factors and therapeutic strategies are important for patients with single large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This retrospective study aimed to investigate the prognostic factors in patients with single large (≥5 cm) HCC with Child‐Pugh (CP) class A patients and to recommend therapeutic strategies. Overall, 298 HCC patients with single and large (≥5 cm) tumors with CP class A, but without distant metastasis and macrovascular invasion were included, and their clinicopathological data, overall survival (OS), and progression‐free survival (PFS) were recorded. OS and PFS was analyzed by the Kaplan–Meier method and Cox regression analysis. Propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was performed. The 298 HCC patients were 79.2% male and median age of 64 years. For the initial treatment, surgical resection (SR) and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) was 50.8% and 49.2%, respectively. The OS and PFS were significantly higher in patients receiving SR than those receiving TACE before and after PSM. Furthermore, in multivariate analysis, cirrhosis (Hazard ratio [HR]: 2.04; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.35–3.03, p