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Using transient elastography to predict hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after radiofrequency ablation

Authors
 Yu Rim Lee  ;  Soo Young Park  ;  Seung Up Kim  ;  Se Young Jang  ;  Won Young Tak  ;  Young Oh Kweon  ;  Beom Kyung Kim  ;  Jun Yong Park  ;  Do Young Kim  ;  Sang Hoon Ahn  ;  Kwang‐Hyub Han  ;  Keun Hur 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, Vol.32(5) : 1079-1086, 2017 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
ISSN
 0815-9319 
Issue Date
2017
MeSH
Aged ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/diagnostic imaging* ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/surgery* ; Catheter Ablation* ; Elasticity Imaging Techniques/methods* ; Female ; Humans ; Liver/diagnostic imaging* ; Liver Cirrhosis/diagnostic imaging* ; Liver Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging* ; Liver Neoplasms/surgery* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local* ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome
Keywords
hepatocellular carcinoma ; liver stiffness ; radiofrequency ablation ; recurrence ; transient elastography
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Liver stiffness (LS) value determined using transient elastography (TE) can be used to assess the degree of liver fibrosis. The study investigated whether TE can predict the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after radiofrequency ablation (RFA).

METHODS: This study retrospectively enrolled 228 patients with HCC who received TE and RFA as the first-line treatment for HCC between 2008 and 2015. Cox regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of HCC recurrence.

RESULTS: The median age of the study population (170 men and 58 women) was 61 years. During the study period, HCC recurrence and mortality developed in 125 (54.8%) and 37 (16.2%) patients after RFA, respectively. Liver cirrhosis, platelet count, multiple tumors, and LS value were the independent predictors of HCC recurrence. When the study population was stratified into early (< 12 months) and late (≥ 12 months) recurrence groups, LS value was an independent predictor of late recurrence, along with liver cirrhosis and spleen diameter. The risk of late recurrence was higher in patients with LS values of ≥ 13 kPa than in those with LS values of < 13 kPa (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 4.507, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.131-7.724, P < 0.001). Recurrence was the only predictor of overall survival (HR = 18.583, 95% CI 2.424-142.486, P = 0.005).

CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study suggest that LS measurement using TE can be a useful predictor of HCC recurrence after RFA.
Full Text
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jgh.13644
DOI
10.1111/jgh.13644
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Do Young(김도영)
Kim, Beom Kyung(김범경) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5363-2496
Kim, Seung Up(김승업) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-8050
Park, Jun Yong(박준용) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6324-2224
Ahn, Sang Hoon(안상훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3629-4624
Han, Kwang-Hyub(한광협) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3960-6539
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/160532
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