Adjuvant Transarterial chemoembolization does not influence recurrence-free or overall survival in patients with combined hepatocellular carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma after curative resection: a propensity score matching analysis

• Published in: BMC cancer Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 642 - 11
• Main Authors: Liu, Wei-Ren, Tian, Meng-Xin, Tao, Chen-Yang, Tang, Zheng, Zhou, Yu-Fu, Song, Shu-Shu, Jiang, Xi-Fei, Wang, Han, Zhou, Pei-Yun, Qu, Wei-Feng, Fang, Yuan, Ding, Zhen-Bin, Zhou, Jian, Fan, Jia, Shi, Ying-Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.07.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Alanine; Alanine transaminase; Analysis; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Bile Duct Neoplasms - mortality; Bile Duct Neoplasms - pathology; Bile Duct Neoplasms - therapy; Biliary tract cancer; Cancer metastasis; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - mortality; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - pathology; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - therapy; Care and treatment; Chemoembolization; Chemoembolization, Therapeutic - mortality; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Cholangiocarcinoma; Cholangiocarcinoma - mortality; Cholangiocarcinoma - pathology; Cholangiocarcinoma - therapy; Combined hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; Combined Modality Therapy; Disease-free survival; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hepatectomy - mortality; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Humans; Liver cancer; Liver Neoplasms - mortality; Liver Neoplasms - pathology; Liver Neoplasms - therapy; Lymphatic system; Male; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Metastases; Metastasis; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - mortality; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - therapy; Overall survival; Patient outcomes; Prognosis; Propensity score matching analysis; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Survival; Survival Rate; Transarterial chemoembolization; Transplants & implants; Tumors; Veins & arteries; γ-Glutamyltransferase; United States > US; Combined hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; Overall survival; Propensity score matching analysis; Transarterial chemoembolization; Disease-free survival

The prognosis of patients with combined hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CHC) is usually poor, and effective adjuvant therapy is missing making it important to investigate whether these patients may benefit from adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). We aimed t...