To evaluate the clinical efficacy of sequential surgical resection for initial unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after interventional therapy plus targeted immunotherapy.
Methods
2
From June 2021 to April 2023, retrospective review was performed for the relevant clinical data from 10 patients of initial unresectable HCC .
Results
2
There were 8 males and 2 females with a median age of 55(33-72) years. Child Pugh grade was A (
n
=6) and B (
n
=4). And China Liver Cancer (CNLC) stage was Ⅱb (
n
=4) and Ⅲa (
n
=6). Portal vein cancer thrombus was present (
n
=6) or absent (
n
=4). Maximal tumor diameter prior to transformation therapy was 13 cm. The pre-treatment level of alpha feto-protein (AFP) was
>
400 μg/L (
n
=7) and
<
400 μg/L (
n
=3). Conversion treatment protocol was transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) plus targeted immunotherapy (
n
=6) and hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) plus targeted immunotherapy (
n
=4). There were hypertension (
n
=4), fatigue (
n
=2) and diarrhea (
n
=1) during treatment. Median conversion time was 4 months. Median preoperative level of AFP after conversion therapy was 7.2 μg/L and maximal preoperative diameter of tumor after conversion therapy 8.8 cm. Preoperative imaging assessment of outcomes was complete remission (CR,
n
=4), partial remission (PR,
n
=3) and stable disease (SD,
n
=3). After therapy, the procedures included partial hepatectomy (
n
=3), semi-hepatic resection (
n
=7), laparoscopy (
n
=7) and open surgery (
n
=3). Median surgical time was 240 min, median intraoperative volume of blood loss 400 mL, median postoperative hospital stay 8 days and median postoperative drainage tube removal time 7 days. Postoperative pathological
results were pCR (
n
=3) and pPR (
n
=7). MVI grade was M
0
(
n
=8) and M
1
(
n
=2). There was no positive case of resection margin. There were postoperative ascites (
n
=1) and bile leakage (
n
=1). No obvious postoperative complications occurred. During a median postoperative follow-up period of 8 months, one case recurred and there was no death.
Conclusion
2
For initial unresectable HCC, sequential surgical resection along with interventional therapy plus targeted immunotherapy is both effective and safe.
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