Surgery After Conversion Therapy With PD-1 Inhibitors Plus Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Are Effective and Safe for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Pilot Study of Ten Patients

作者：Wenwen Zhang, Bingyang Hu, Jun Han, Zhanbo Wang, Guangyu Ma, Huiyi Ye, Jing Yuan, Junning Cao, Ze Zhang, Jihang Shi, Mingyi Chen, Xun Wang, Yinzhe Xu, Yanshuang Cheng, Lantian Tian, Hongguang Wang, Shichun Lu · 发表于：Frontiers in Oncology · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.3389/fonc.2021.747950 · 被引用次数：72 · 研究领域：Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis、Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies、Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Immunotherapy with PD-1 inhibitors combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has been proven to be effective against advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to identify the feasibility and safety of subsequent salvage surgery after this combination therapy. METHODS AND PATIENTS: A retrospective analysis was performed on patients with primary HCC with major vascular invasion between 2018 and 2019. All cases were treated with a combination of a PD-1 inhibitor and TKI agents and subsequent surgery. RESULTS: A total of 10 HCC cases with major vascular invasion met the successful conversion criteria after the combination therapy, and eight patients underwent subsequent salvage surgery after both radiology and 3D quantitative oncological assessment. Partial response (PR) was recorded in 7 of 10 patients and complete response (CR) in 3 of 10 patients before salvage surgery. Salvage surgery included right hepatectomy, left hepatectomy, and anatomic segmental hepatectomy. The mean intraoperative blood loss was 1,650 ml (50-3,000 ml). No complications beyond Clavien-Dindo level III or postoperative mortality were observed. The viable tumor cell rate of the PR cases (modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors, mRECIST) varied from 1.5% to 100%, and only one patient had pathology-proven pathological complete response (pCR). The postoperative median follow-up time was 19.7 months (9.1-24.9 months). The 12-month recurrence-fr...