Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka 543-0027, Japan.
✉ Corresponding author: Hiroki Nishikawa, MD. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30 Fudegasaki-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0027, Japan. Tel: +81-6-6774-5111; Fax: +81-6-6774-5131 E-mail: h-nishikawajrc.or.jp.More
Citation:
Nishikawa H, Kita R, Kimura T, Ohara Y, Takeda H, Sakamoto A, Saito S, Nishijima N, Nasu A, Komekado H, Osaki Y. Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Outcome and Safety in Elderly Patients. J Cancer 2014; 5(7):590-597. doi:10.7150/jca.9413. https://www.jcancer.org/v05p0590.htm
Aim: The aim of our study was to compare clinical outcomes between elderly patients aged ≥75 years (elderly group, n=66) with intermediate hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and younger patients aged <75 years (control group, n=84) with intermediate HCC undergoing TACE.
Methods: Clinical outcomes, including overall survival (OS) and tumor response rate at initial therapy, were compared between these two groups.
Results: The median survival time and the 1- and 3-year cumulative OS rates were 2.90 years and 84.1% and 48.0%, respectively, in the elderly group and 2.44 years and 78.2% and 39.3%, respectively, in the control group (p=0.887). The objective response rate in the elderly group was 81.8% (54/66 patients), while that in the control group was 78.6% (66/84 patients) (p=0.227).
Conclusion: Elderly patients with intermediate HCC undergoing TACE had a prognosis comparable with that of younger patients with intermediate HCC undergoing TACE.
Nishikawa, H., Kita, R., Kimura, T., Ohara, Y., Takeda, H., Sakamoto, A., Saito, S., Nishijima, N., Nasu, A., Komekado, H., Osaki, Y. (2014). Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Outcome and Safety in Elderly Patients. Journal of Cancer, 5(7), 590-597. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.9413.
ACS
Nishikawa, H.; Kita, R.; Kimura, T.; Ohara, Y.; Takeda, H.; Sakamoto, A.; Saito, S.; Nishijima, N.; Nasu, A.; Komekado, H.; Osaki, Y. Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Outcome and Safety in Elderly Patients. J. Cancer 2014, 5 (7), 590-597. DOI: 10.7150/jca.9413.
NLM
Nishikawa H, Kita R, Kimura T, Ohara Y, Takeda H, Sakamoto A, Saito S, Nishijima N, Nasu A, Komekado H, Osaki Y. Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Outcome and Safety in Elderly Patients. J Cancer 2014; 5(7):590-597. doi:10.7150/jca.9413. https://www.jcancer.org/v05p0590.htm
CSE
Nishikawa H, Kita R, Kimura T, Ohara Y, Takeda H, Sakamoto A, Saito S, Nishijima N, Nasu A, Komekado H, Osaki Y. 2014. Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Outcome and Safety in Elderly Patients. J Cancer. 5(7):590-597.