肝癌患者术后肝动脉化疗栓塞联合胸腺肽治疗预防复发的随机对照研究

目的 随机对照观察肝癌患者术后肝动脉化疗栓塞(TACE)联合胸腺肽α1(Tα1)治疗对预防肝细胞癌复发的影响。方法 57例肝细胞癌患若随机分为3组：手术＋TACE Tα1组(A组)18例,手术＋FACE组(B组)23例和手术切除组(C组)16例。观察患者术后肿瘤复发率、复发时间和生存期。结果 A、B、C组1年复发率分别为83．3％、87．0％和87．5％(P=0．926),中位复发时间分别为7．0个月、5．0个月和4,0个月(P=0,039),中位生存期分别为10．0个月、7．0个月和8,0个月(P=0．002)。结论 术后TAC：E rr0．治疗不能降低肝细胞癌患者术后复发率,但可延缓复发时间,提高生存期。     

肝动脉化疗栓塞术对肝癌患者乙肝病毒活动状态的影响

目的：观察经导管肝动脉化疗栓塞术（TACE）治疗原发性肝细胞肝癌（HCC）对患者乙肝病毒活动状态及肝功能的影响。方法：动态检测81例乙肝标志物阳性HCC患者TACE术前、术后HBVDNA定量及肝功能变化。结果：81例患者行TACE术后，32例出现HBV激活，激活率为39．5％（32／81）；TACE术前HBVDNA定量为（4．2±0．6）×10^4copies／ml，低于术后（5．8±0．3）×10^5copies／ml（P〈0．05）；激活组32例中75％出现明显肝损害，高于非激活组40．8％（P〈0．05）。结论：TACE治疗将引起HCC患者HBV激活，可能加重肝功能损害，应值得高度重视。     

原发性肝癌肝动脉化疗栓塞术的护理

原发性肝癌肝动脉化疗栓塞术的护理王裕珍自１９９０年４月～１９９４年４月，我们采用Ｓｅｌｄｉｎｇｅｒ氏法，对２６例不能手术切除的原发性肝癌患者行肝动脉化疗栓塞术（ＨＡＩ＋ＨＡＥ），共３１人次，现将护理体会总结如下。资料和方法一、临床资料２６例患者均经Ｂ...     

肝癌肝动脉灌注化疗栓塞术后肝破裂死亡3例

我院 1 988年 4月～ 2 0 0 2年 4月对 91 0例原发性肝癌患者行肝动脉插管化疗栓塞术 ( TACE)1 490人次 ,其中 3例并发肝癌结节破裂出血死亡 ,现报告如下。例 1　患者男性 ,45岁。CT示肝右后叶 8cm×7cm癌灶 ,行 TACE后 1个半月 ,复查病灶其大小为 6cm× 6cm,有液化 ,肝、肾功能检查正常 ,行第 2次 TACE。两次 TACE各应用碘化油 1 0 ml和少许明胶海棉。第 2次栓塞时 ,导管进入肝右动脉 ,透视下见栓塞剂进入渐缓 ,停止注入后见部分返流。栓塞后病人即诉右上腹剧烈胀痛 ,与第 1次治疗后感觉明显异常。给予对症处理后症状难以缓解 ,64小…     

血清 GGT对肝癌患者经肝动脉化疗栓塞治疗后预后的预测价值

目的探讨原发性肝癌(HCC)患者经肝动脉化疗栓塞(TACE)治疗后,血清γ-谷氨酰转肽酶(GGT)对判断预后的价值。方法总共有150例中期HCC患者连续用肝动脉栓塞化疗。总生存(OS)用Kaplan-Meier法进行了评估。根据治疗前GGT值,Log-rank对数秩方法评估显著差异。单变量和多变量分析用于预后因素的研究。结果中位随访期为18.7个月。正常GGT的患者1年和3年生存率分别为71.6%和38.5%,高GGT患者1年和3年生存率分别8.8%和16.9%(P=0.002)。高GGT患者的肿瘤偏大,甲胎蛋白(AFP)和丙氨酸转氨酶水平偏高,高GGT是患者OS的独立预后因素之一(P=0.009),其他预后因素包括肿瘤大小和腹腔积液。此外,在小肝癌和正常AFP亚组的血清GGT也与患者OS相关(P=0.013和0.041)。结论 GGT水平是预测肝癌患者肝动脉栓塞化疗治疗预后的一个重要因素。GGT和AFP的联合能更好预测TACE的治疗效果。     

肝癌经导管动脉化疗栓塞术后发生栓塞综合征的影响因素

目的 探讨肝癌经导管动脉化疗栓塞术（TACE）后发生栓塞综合征（PES）的影响因素。方法 将148例经TACE治疗的肝癌患者按是否发生PES分为PES组和NPES组,每组74例。对比两组患者的一般资料,分析PES发生的危险因素。结果 NPES组与PES组患者性别、微球种类、微球个数、术前美国东部肿瘤协作组（ECOG）体力状况（PS）评分、巴塞罗那临床肝癌（BCLC）分期比较,差异均有统计学意义（P﹤0.05）。多因素分析显示,女性、术前ECOG PS评分较高、BCLC分期偏高、术中应用载药微球、微球个数较多均为肝癌患者TACE术后发生PES的危险因素（P﹤0.05）。结论 女性、术前ECOG PS评分较高、微球种类为载药微球、微球个数较多、BCLC分期偏高均为肝癌患者TACE术后发生PES的危险因素,应于围手术期对具备上述危险因素的患者给予针对性干预,以提高介入治疗的安全性与患者预后。     

肝动脉化疗栓塞治疗中晚期肝癌的临床分析

目的：通过中晚期肝癌患者的肝动脉化疗栓塞（TACE）的临床观察,探讨该方法的应用价值。方法：采用seldinger技术,经皮股动脉插管进行肝动脉灌注化疗药物加栓塞剂。结果：通过对241例患者随访,治疗后4-6周复查CT、B超肿块有不同程度缩小,AFP降低至原来数值的50%以下占68%。本组患者治疗后1、2、3年生存期分别为65.3%、27.2%、10.1%。平均生存期为17.6个月。结论：肝动脉化疗栓塞（TACE）治疗中晚期肝癌是一种有效方法,虽属姑息治疗,但可减轻症状,延长生命。     

原发性肝癌病人肝动脉化疗栓塞术治疗的护理

目的探讨肝癌病人肝动脉化疗栓塞术治疗的护理方法。方法观察42例原发性肝癌病人肝动脉化疗栓塞术治疗前后病情的变化，并在治疗前后给予相应的护理。结果经过治疗和精心护理，本组病人治疗顺利，无严重不良反应和并发症，病人病情得到明显改善。结论有效的术前及术后护理可以消除病人紧张心理，预防和减少并发症，提高治疗的效果。     

经肝动脉栓塞化疗对细胞免疫状态影响

经导管肝动脉化疗栓塞(TACE)作为肝细胞肝癌(HCC)姑息治疗，可明显提高HCC患者的生存期．疗效肯定，但远期效果并不理想，因此人们逐渐认识到该方法在起到治疗作用的同时也给机体的免疫功能造成一定的影响。本文在复习国内、外有关文献基础上．对HCC患者TACE前后的T细胞亚群等进行检测和观察。     

TACE versus TAE as therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) improves survival in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The optimal schedule, best anticancer agent and best technique are still unclear. TACE may not be better than transarterial embolization (TAE). HCC is very chemoresistant, thus embolization may be more important than chemotherapy. Lipiodol cannot be considered as an embolic agent and there are no data to show that it can release chemotherapeutic agents slowly. It can mask residual vascularity on CT imaging and its use is not recommended. Both TACE and TAE result in hypoxia, which stimulates angiogenesis, promoting tumor growth; thus combination of TACE with antiangiogenic agents may improve current results. To date, there is no evidence that TACE pre-liver transplantation or resection helps to expand current selection criteria for patients with HCC, nor results in less recurrence after surgery. Combination with other techniques, such as radiofrequency ablation and drugs, may enhance the effect of TACE. New trials are being conducted to clarify these issues.     

Cryoablation Combined with TACE for Treating Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma： Tumor Load and Cellular Immunity

OBJECTIVE To study the effectiveness on the tumor load and cellular immune function of percutaneous cryoablation （argon-helium cryoablative system, AHCS） combined with transarterial chemoembolization （TACE） for treating large hepatocellular carcinomas （HCCs） with diameters over 10 ca. METHODS A total of 48 HCC patients were treated with AHCS after TACE. Tumor sizes ranged from 10 to 14 cm. All cases were a hypervascular type. There were 38 Child A cases and 10 Child B cases. Forty were AFP positive and 8 negative. The patients were randomized with therapy group consisting of 26 cases and the control group 22 cases. The therapy group received AHCS 4 weeks following TACE treatment. Reexamination included pathology, tumor markers, T-lymphocyte subgroup levels and computed tomography or MRI. The necrosis rate of the tumor load was calculated by Cavalieri＇s theory. EORTC QLQ-C30 was used in quality of life evaluation. RESULTS The average tumor-load reduction rate （necrosis rate） was 8.07% after TACE, and 28.65% after AHCS. Coagulation necrosis was produced in the target area. The tumor markers deceased significantly after AHCS. Tumor-load reduction after AHCS was more significant than after TACE. Suppression of cellular immunity after TACE was significant. In contrast, CD3^＋, CD4^＋ and NK increased after AHCS and an abnormal T-lymphocyte distribution was corrected. Quality of life after AHCS increased according to the EORTC QLQ-C30 evaluation. No severe complications occurred. CONCLUSION Percutaneous AHCS cryoablation after TACE reduced the tumor load in the short term. At the same time, cellular immune function was increased after AHCS. TACE was critical in increasing the therapeutic efficacy of AHCS because of its embolisation of blood vessels preventing a Flow Effect. Reduction of the tumor load in the short term may conduce to increase cellular immunity. Percutaneous AHCS cryoablation combined with TACE can reduce the tumor load, improve cellular immunity and increase quality of life of HCC patients. This type of therapy deserves to be studied further research.     

The outcomes of elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transarterial chemoembolization

BACKGROUND:

The authors evaluated and compared the treatment outcomes of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) between young (≤70 years) and elderly (>70 years) patients at their institute over an 18‐year period.

METHODS:

Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients who received TACE at the authors' center were analyzed retrospectively. The demographic data, TACE‐related morbidities, and survival outcome were compared between these 2 age groups.

RESULTS:

Between 1989 and 2006, 843 patients who were ≤70 years old and 197 patients who were >70 years old received TACE treatment for advanced HCC. There were significantly more comorbid illnesses associated with the elderly patients than the young patients (64 % vs 33%, P < .01). Moreover, elderly patients who received TACE treatment for HCC were at earlier stages of disease (P < .01). Both the overall median survival (14.0 months vs 8.1 months, P < .003) and disease‐specific survival (15.2 months vs 8.7 months, P < .001) were significantly higher in elderly than young patients. The most commonly encountered TACE‐related morbidity in both age groups was liver function derangement. Young patients had a significantly higher rate of developing liver derangement after TACE than elderly patients (21% vs 11%, P < .01). Conversely, the elderly patients had a significantly higher rate of developing peptic ulcer disease with TACE treatment than young patients (2.5% vs 0.5%, P = .01). Overall, there was no significant difference in TACE‐related mortality between the young and elderly patients (3% vs 4%, P = .49).

CONCLUSIONS:

This study has confirmed the comparable efficacy and tolerability in using TACE for the treatment of advanced HCC in young and elderly patient populations. Cancer 2009. © 2009 American Cancer Society.     

Interim analysis of START: Study in asia of the combination of TACE (transcatheter arterial chemoembolization) with sorafenib in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma trial

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) represents a first‐line noncurative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Sorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor, has been shown to be effective and safe monotherapy in patients with advanced HCC and the current study reports the interim results of a prospective Phase II, open label, trial investigating the safety and efficacy of the combination of sorafenib and conventional TACE in patients from the Asia‐Pacific region with intermediate HCC. Patients with histologically or clinically diagnosed HCC were treated with conventional TACE followed by sorafenib 4 to 7 days later. TACE was performed by selective transarterial chemotherapy in the vessels feeding the tumor with an emulsion of lipiodol (5–20 ml) and doxorubicin (30–60 mg) followed by embolization with absorbable particles (gel foam). TACE/sorafenib cycles were repeated every 6–8 weeks. Primary objectives were to evaluate the safety and tolerability, in addition to the efficacy of TACE combined with sorafenib for HCC. A total of 147 patients were included in the intention‐to‐treat analysis and received at least one dose of sorafenib. Gastrointestinal AEs were reported by 62.6% of patients while 57.8% reported skin AEs although most were mild to moderate. The mean number of cycles undertaken was 2.1 and 63.3% of patients achieved either partial response or stable disease. Clinically, the disease control rate was 91.2% while the overall response rate was calculated as 52.4%. Our study shows that concurrent sorafenib and TACE therapy is safe and effective with no unexpected side effects.     

COCH predicts survival and adjuvant TACE response in patients with HCC

The aim of the present study was to measure the expression of Cochlin (COCH) and analyze its association with survival, recurrence and the benefits from adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following hepatectomy. Patients with high COCH expression levels had a poorer prognosis in terms of overall and disease-free survival rate compared with those with low COCH expression levels. Further analysis revealed that patients with low COCH expression who received TACE experienced markedly lower early recurrence rates compared with those who did not receive TACE. However, patients with high COCH expression with and without adjuvant TACE after resection experienced no difference in disease recurrence rates. The expression of COCH was found to be associated with hepatitis B virus infection, portal vein tumor thrombosis and Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage in HCC. Therefore, the findings of the present study indicated that clinical detection of COCH expression may help estimate the prognosis of patients with HCC, as well as determine whether to administer TACE after surgery to prevent recurrence.     

肝动脉化疗栓塞术联合阿帕替尼治疗中晚期原发性肝癌疗效评价

  目的  评价肝动脉化疗栓塞术（transarterial chemoembolization,TACE）联合口服阿帕替尼治疗中晚期肝癌的近期疗效。   方法  收集2016年6月至2016年10月于首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院接受TACE联合口服阿帕替尼250 mg/d治疗的21例中晚期原发性肝癌（hepatocellular carcinoma,HCC）患者的临床资料;采用影像学中最新修订的实体瘤疗效评价标准（modified responseevaluation criteria in solid tumors,mRECIST）,回顾性分析联合治疗1个疗程（平均约28 d）后患者的治疗效果,并对不良反应进行分析。   结果  21例患者中,完全缓解（complete response,CR）3例（14.3%）,部分缓解（patial response,PR）6例（28.6%）,疾病稳定（stable disease,SD）5例（23.8%）。疾病控制率（disease control rate,DCR）为61.9%,客观缓解率（objective rate,ORR）为38.1%。疾病进展（progressive disease,PD）2例（9.5%）。21例患者治疗中出现的不良反应:乏力17例（94.4%）,胃肠道症状14例（66.7%）,手足综合征4例（19.0%）,血压升高4例（19.0%）,并出现不同程度的声音嘶哑、头痛头晕、蛋白尿等。   结论  TACE联合阿帕替尼对中晚期原发性肝癌的临床治疗近期效果满意,治疗过程中不良反应发生率较高,需给予积极处理。      

Sorafenib continuation or discontinuation in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma after a complete response

Aims

To assess the efficacy of continued administration of sorafenib for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with local regional therapy (LRT) after a complete response (CR), also, the adverse events of sorafenib after discontinuation of administration were observed.

Methods

Between April 2008 and May 2012, 956 consecutive patients with unresectable HCC treated with LRT (transarterial chemoembolization, radiofrequency ablation) combined with sorafenib were retrospectively investigated. Of these, 157 patients with a CR were enrolled: 102 of them continued to receive sorafenib (test group) and the other 55 stopped receiving sorafenib (control group).

Results

The median recurrence-free survival (RFS), post-complete response overall survival (pOS) and overall survival (OS) in the test and control groups were 11 months (95% CI: 6.1, 15.9), 25 months (95% CI: 20.7, 29.3) and 33 months (95% CI: 29.2, 36.8) and 12 months (95% CI: 10.4, 13.6), 28 months (95% CI 24.2, 31.8) and 34 months (95% CI: 30.8, 37.2) respectively. The differences in RFS, pOS and OS between the groups were not significant (P = 0.768, 0.797 and 0.730, respectively). The adverse events related to sorafenib resolved after discontinuation of administration and the quality of life (QoL) scores improved.

Conclusions

Patients with unresectable HCC who achieved a CR did not benefit from continued sorafenib in terms of RFS, pOS or OS. The adverse events of sorafenib were reversible, and discontinuation of sorafenib may improve the QoL of patients who have achieved a CR.     

肝节段动脉栓塞治疗肝癌的疗效观察

目的 :探讨肝节段动脉栓塞化疗治疗肝癌的疗效。方法 :将 1996年 1月～ 1999年 10月 2 32例肝癌患者根据栓塞方式不同分为 2组 ,其中行肝节段动脉栓塞化疗 6 8例 ,行常规栓塞化疗 16 4例 ,对 2组治疗的疗效进行分析。结果 :节段组 1、2、3年生存率分别为 86 8%、6 1 8%和 4 8 5 % ;常规组则相应为 6 7 1%、4 2 1%和 2 6 2 % ,节段组远期生存率明显高于常规组 (P <0 0 1)。肝功能损害程度节段组明显较常规组轻 (P <0 0 1)。结论 :肝节段动脉栓塞化疗对肝功能损害轻 ,远期疗效明显优于常规栓塞化疗