Vascular Invasion and Histopathologic Grading Determine Outcome After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis

作者：Sven Jonas, Wolf O. Bechstein, Thomas Steinmüller, Martin Herrmann, Cornelia Radke, Thomas Berg, Utz Settmacher, Peter Neuhaus · 发表于：Hepatology · 年份：2001 · DOI：10.1053/jhep.2001.23561 · 被引用次数：905 · 研究领域：Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis、Liver Disease and Transplantation、Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

Selection of patients suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis for liver transplantation follows limits of number and diameter of tumor nodules. It has not been investigated whether there is a correlation of these parameters with vascular invasion. From 1989 to 2000, 1,188 liver transplantations were performed in 1,087 patients, including 120 patients (11%) with an HCC in cirrhosis. Selection criteria were a maximal diameter of up to 5 cm if the tumor appeared to be uninodular or of up to 3 cm in the case of 2 or 3 nodules. The postoperative mortality rate was 1.7%. One-, 5-, and 10-year survival was 90%, 71%, and 60%, respectively. In 940 transplantation patients without an HCC, these rates were 93%, 87%, and 83% (P < .0001). Vascular invasion and histopathologic grading were identified as prognostic parameters by multivariate analysis. In a logistic regression analysis, histopathologic grading and maximal diameter showed a significant correlation with a vascular invasion. Analyzing tumors larger than 5 cm, i.e., tumors not fulfilling the selection criteria as a result of diagnostic inaccuracy or progression thereafter, the rates of vascular invasion were significantly (P < .01) lower in patients suffering from well-differentiated tumors (25%) when compared with moderately and poorly differentiated tumors (100%). Liver transplantation is a safe and effective long-term treatment for small HCC in cirrhosis. Tumor diameter and number of nodules in correlation ...