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Evaluation of eligibility criteria in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by α-SMA-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts

  • Authors:
    • Hiroyuki Takamura
    • Shinichi Nakanuma
    • Hironori Hayashi
    • Hidehiro Tajima
    • Kaheita Kakinoki
    • Seisyo Sakai
    • Isamu Makino
    • Hisatoshi Nakagawara
    • Tomoharu Miyashita
    • Koichi Okamoto
    • Keishi Nakamura
    • Katunobu Oyama
    • Masashi Inokuchi
    • Itasu Ninomiya
    • Hirohisa Kitagawa
    • Sachio Fushida
    • Takashi Fujimura
    • Ichiro Ohnishi
    • Masato Kayahara
    • Takashi Tani
    • Kuniaki Arai
    • Taro Yamashita
    • Tatsuya Yamashita
    • Hoshiko Kitamura
    • Hiroko Ikeda
    • Shuichi Kaneko
    • Yasuni Nakanuma
    • Osamu Matsui
    • Tetsuo Ohta
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    Affiliations: Department of Gastroenterologic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan, Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan, Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan
    Copyright: © Takamura et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY_NC 3.0].
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Abstract

The eligibility criteria of liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) must clearly confirm the prognosis not only from pathological diagnosis but also from pre-operative imaging diagnosis. In the present study, we evaluated published eligibility criteria for LT based on both pre-operative imaging diagnosis and pathological diagnosis using living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) recipients at our hospital by α-smooth muscle actin (SMA)-positive cancer‑associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in HCC. The Up-to-seven (Up‑to‑7), Asan and Tokyo criteria were evaluated, in both overall survival and HCC disease‑free survival, to be statistically significantly beneficial criteria to define post-LDLT prognosis. Recipients only within Up‑to‑7 criteria based on both pre-operative imaging diagnosis and pathological diagnosis survived without HCC recurrence. Recipients with proliferation of α-SMA‑positive CAFs in HCC had significantly poorer prognosis. All survival recipients without HCC recurrence, who were above the Up‑to‑7 criteria in pathological diagnosis, had no proliferation of α-SMA-positive CAFs. As a result of multivariate analysis, the significant independent factors defining prognosis of recipients after LDLT for HCC were Up‑to‑7 criteria and proliferation of α-SMA-positive CAFs. The ideal eligibility criteria for LDLT with HCC is Up‑to‑7 criteria and α-SMA-positive CAFs was considered to be an important factor in HCC recurrence. LDLT should be limited to recipients within Up‑to‑7 criteria or without proliferation of α-SMA-positive CAFs.
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Takamura H, Nakanuma S, Hayashi H, Tajima H, Kakinoki K, Sakai S, Makino I, Nakagawara H, Miyashita T, Okamoto K, Okamoto K, et al: Evaluation of eligibility criteria in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by α-SMA-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts. Oncol Rep 30: 1561-1574, 2013.
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Takamura, H., Nakanuma, S., Hayashi, H., Tajima, H., Kakinoki, K., Sakai, S. ... Ohta, T. (2013). Evaluation of eligibility criteria in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by α-SMA-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts. Oncology Reports, 30, 1561-1574. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2616
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Takamura, H., Nakanuma, S., Hayashi, H., Tajima, H., Kakinoki, K., Sakai, S., Makino, I., Nakagawara, H., Miyashita, T., Okamoto, K., Nakamura, K., Oyama, K., Inokuchi, M., Ninomiya, I., Kitagawa, H., Fushida, S., Fujimura, T., Ohnishi, I., Kayahara, M., Tani, T., Arai, K., Yamashita, T., Yamashita, T., Kitamura, H., Ikeda, H., Kaneko, S., Nakanuma, Y., Matsui, O., Ohta, T."Evaluation of eligibility criteria in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by α-SMA-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts". Oncology Reports 30.4 (2013): 1561-1574.
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Takamura, H., Nakanuma, S., Hayashi, H., Tajima, H., Kakinoki, K., Sakai, S., Makino, I., Nakagawara, H., Miyashita, T., Okamoto, K., Nakamura, K., Oyama, K., Inokuchi, M., Ninomiya, I., Kitagawa, H., Fushida, S., Fujimura, T., Ohnishi, I., Kayahara, M., Tani, T., Arai, K., Yamashita, T., Yamashita, T., Kitamura, H., Ikeda, H., Kaneko, S., Nakanuma, Y., Matsui, O., Ohta, T."Evaluation of eligibility criteria in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by α-SMA-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts". Oncology Reports 30, no. 4 (2013): 1561-1574. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2616
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Takamura H, Nakanuma S, Hayashi H, Tajima H, Kakinoki K, Sakai S, Makino I, Nakagawara H, Miyashita T, Okamoto K, Okamoto K, et al: Evaluation of eligibility criteria in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by α-SMA-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts. Oncol Rep 30: 1561-1574, 2013.
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Takamura, H., Nakanuma, S., Hayashi, H., Tajima, H., Kakinoki, K., Sakai, S. ... Ohta, T. (2013). Evaluation of eligibility criteria in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by α-SMA-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts. Oncology Reports, 30, 1561-1574. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2013.2616
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Takamura, H., Nakanuma, S., Hayashi, H., Tajima, H., Kakinoki, K., Sakai, S., Makino, I., Nakagawara, H., Miyashita, T., Okamoto, K., Nakamura, K., Oyama, K., Inokuchi, M., Ninomiya, I., Kitagawa, H., Fushida, S., Fujimura, T., Ohnishi, I., Kayahara, M., Tani, T., Arai, K., Yamashita, T., Yamashita, T., Kitamura, H., Ikeda, H., Kaneko, S., Nakanuma, Y., Matsui, O., Ohta, T."Evaluation of eligibility criteria in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma by α-SMA-positive cancer-associated fibroblasts". Oncology Reports 30.4 (2013): 1561-1574.
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