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Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA

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    • Masahiro Murakami
    • Hiroaki Nagano
    • Shogo Kobayashi
    • Hiroshi Wada
    • Masato Nakamura
    • Shigeru Marubashi
    • Hidetoshi Eguchi
    • Yutaka Takeda
    • Masahiro Tanemura
    • Koji Umeshita
    • Yuichiro Doki
    • Masaki Mori
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    Affiliations: Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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Abstract

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is useful for the treatment of multiple hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). Pre-operative TACE is used to reduce recurrence caused by peri- and post-operative spread of cancer cells; however, the efficacy is controversial. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of pre-operative TACE for HCC and the implication of circulating cancer cells, retrospectively. We analyzed 495 patients with HCC who had undergone hepatectomy between 1980 and 2006, including 252 patients (50.9%) who received pre-operative TACE. The median follow-up period was 49.9 months. We compared the survival of TACE and non-TACE groups and also performed subgroup analysis. α-fetoprotein (AFP) mRNA was quantified to represent circulating cancer cells. Pre-operative TACE prolonged disease-free survival after hepatectomy in patients with HCCs greater than 5 cm (5-year disease-free survival of the pre-operative TACE and no-TACE groups was 37.3 vs. 14.8%, p<0.05). Patients with tumors showing 70% or greater necrosis had a significantly more favorable survival, and those with complete necrosis were all AFP mRNA-negative. The survival of the AFP mRNA-positive patients was worse than that of the AFP mRNA-negative patients. Pre-operative TACE may be beneficial for patients with tumors larger than 5 cm, and AFP mRNA quantification may be useful for the prediction of survival after surgery in TACE-treated patients.
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Murakami M, Nagano H, Kobayashi S, Wada H, Nakamura M, Marubashi S, Eguchi H, Takeda Y, Tanemura M, Umeshita K, Umeshita K, et al: Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA . Exp Ther Med 1: 485-491, 2010.
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Murakami, M., Nagano, H., Kobayashi, S., Wada, H., Nakamura, M., Marubashi, S. ... Mori, M. (2010). Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA . Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 1, 485-491. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm_00000076
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Murakami, M., Nagano, H., Kobayashi, S., Wada, H., Nakamura, M., Marubashi, S., Eguchi, H., Takeda, Y., Tanemura, M., Umeshita, K., Doki, Y., Mori, M."Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA ". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 1.3 (2010): 485-491.
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Murakami, M., Nagano, H., Kobayashi, S., Wada, H., Nakamura, M., Marubashi, S., Eguchi, H., Takeda, Y., Tanemura, M., Umeshita, K., Doki, Y., Mori, M."Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA ". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 1, no. 3 (2010): 485-491. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm_00000076
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Murakami M, Nagano H, Kobayashi S, Wada H, Nakamura M, Marubashi S, Eguchi H, Takeda Y, Tanemura M, Umeshita K, Umeshita K, et al: Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA . Exp Ther Med 1: 485-491, 2010.
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Murakami, M., Nagano, H., Kobayashi, S., Wada, H., Nakamura, M., Marubashi, S. ... Mori, M. (2010). Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA . Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 1, 485-491. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm_00000076
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Murakami, M., Nagano, H., Kobayashi, S., Wada, H., Nakamura, M., Marubashi, S., Eguchi, H., Takeda, Y., Tanemura, M., Umeshita, K., Doki, Y., Mori, M."Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA ". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 1.3 (2010): 485-491.
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Murakami, M., Nagano, H., Kobayashi, S., Wada, H., Nakamura, M., Marubashi, S., Eguchi, H., Takeda, Y., Tanemura, M., Umeshita, K., Doki, Y., Mori, M."Effects of pre-operative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for resectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Implication of circulating cancer cells by detection of α-fetoprotein mRNA ". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 1, no. 3 (2010): 485-491. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm_00000076
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