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Subclassification of Microscopic Vascular Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Authors
 Incheon Kang  ;  Mi Jang  ;  Jae Geun Lee  ;  Dai Hoon Han  ;  Dong Jin Joo  ;  Kyung Sik Kim  ;  Myoung Soo Kim  ;  Jin Sub Choi  ;  Soon Il Kim  ;  Young Nyun Park  ;  Gi Hong Choi 
Citation
 ANNALS OF SURGERY, Vol.274(6) : e1170-e1178, 2021-12 
Journal Title
ANNALS OF SURGERY
ISSN
 0003-4932 
Issue Date
2021-12
Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether subclassification of microscopic vascular invasion (MiVI) affects the long-term outcome after curative surgical resection or liver transplantation (LT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Summary of background data: The most important factor for TNM staging in HCC is MiVI, which includes all vascular invasions detected on microscopic examination. However, there is a broad spectrum of current definitions for MiVI.

Methods: In total, 412 consecutive patients with HCC who underwent curative surgical resection without any preoperative treatment or gross vascular invasion were histologically evaluated for MiVI. Patients with MiVI were subclassified into 2 groups: microvessel invasion (MI; n = 164) only and microscopic portal vein invasion (MPVI; n = 36). Clinicopathologic features were compared between 2 groups (MI vs MPVI), whereas disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) after resection were analyzed among 3 groups (no vascular invasion [NVI] vs MI vs MPVI). These subclassifications were validated in a cohort of 197 patients with HCC who underwent LT.

Results: The MPVI group showed more aggressive tumor characteristics, such as higher tumor marker levels (alpha-fetoprotein, P = 0.006; protein induced by vitamin K absence-II, P = 0.001) and poorer differentiation (P = 0.011), than the MI group. In multivariate analysis, both MI and MPVI were independent prognostic factors for DFS (P = 0.001 and <0.001, respectively) and OS (P = 0.005 and <0.001, respectively). In the validation cohort, 5-year DFS was 89%, 67.9%, and 0% in the NVI, MI, and MPVI groups, respectively (P < 0.001), whereas 5-year OS was 79.1%, 55.0%, and 15.4%, respectively (P < 0.001).

Conclusions: Based on subclassification of MiVI in HCC, MPVI was associated with more aggressive clinicopathologic characteristics and poorer survival than MI only. Therefore, the original MiVI classification should be divided into MI and MPVI.
Full Text
https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Fulltext/2021/12000/Subclassification_of_Microscopic_Vascular_Invasion.417.aspx
DOI
10.1097/SLA.0000000000003781
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pathology (병리학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Surgery (외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Kyung Sik(김경식) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9498-284X
Kim, Myoung Soo(김명수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8975-8381
Kim, Soon Il(김순일) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0783-7538
Park, Young Nyun(박영년) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0357-7967
Lee, Jae Geun(이재근) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6722-0257
Jang, Mi(장미) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-9847
Joo, Dong Jin(주동진) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8405-1531
Choi, Gi Hong(최기홍) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-3773
Choi, Jin Sub(최진섭)
Han, Dai Hoon(한대훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2787-7876
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/187228
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