Open AccessSurvival and prognostic factors for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy
Author(s) -
ChengHsiang Lo,
Juxiang Yang,
Ming-Yueh Liu,
Yee–Min Jen,
ChunShu Lin,
HsingLung Chao,
WenYen Huang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0177793
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , sabr volatility model , portal vein thrombosis , radiation therapy , multivariate analysis , liver function , gastroenterology , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , survival rate , oncology , thrombosis , volatility (finance) , paleontology , stochastic volatility , financial economics , economics , biology
Objective To evaluate the survival outcomes and prognostic factors of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR). Methods This retrospective study evaluated patients with advanced HCC who underwent SABR between December 2007 and July 2015. All patients had Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C disease and Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) class A–B function. In-field control (IFC), overall survival (OS), prognostic factors, and toxicity were evaluated. Results In this study of 89 patients, the 3-year IFC rate was 78.1%, and the 1-year and 3-year OS rates were 45.9% and 24.3%, respectively. The multivariate analysis revealed that CTP class, the presence of main portal vein tumor thrombosis, and the presence of extrahepatic spread were independent predictors of OS. The expected median OS values among patients with ≥2, 1, and 0 predictors were 4.2, 8.6, and 26.4 months, respectively ( p <0.001). Conclusions SABR may be useful for patients with advanced HCC, and patient selection could be based on the CTP classification, main portal vein tumor thrombosis, and extrahepatic spread.