Hepatitis B Virus Infection Predicts Better Survival In Patients With Colorectal Liver-only Metastases Undergoing Liver Resection

Zhao, Yujie; Lin, Junzhong; Peng, Jianhong; Deng, Yuxiang; Zhao, Ruixia; Sui, Qiaoqi; Lu, Zhenhai; Wan, Desen; Pan, Zhizhong

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Hepatitis B Virus Infection Predicts Better Survival In Patients With Colorectal Liver-only Metastases Undergoing Liver Resection

Yujie Zhao^1#, Junzhong Lin^1#, Jianhong Peng^1#, Yuxiang Deng¹, Ruixia Zhao², Qiaoqi Sui¹, Zhenhai Lu¹, Desen Wan¹, Zhizhong Pan^1✉

1. Department of Colorectal Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
2. Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
#Both authors equally contributed to this manuscript

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Zhao Y, Lin J, Peng J, Deng Y, Zhao R, Sui Q, Lu Z, Wan D, Pan Z. Hepatitis B Virus Infection Predicts Better Survival In Patients With Colorectal Liver-only Metastases Undergoing Liver Resection. J Cancer 2018; 9(9):1560-1567. doi:10.7150/jca.24544. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p1560.htm

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Objective: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been shown to decrease the risk of liver metastasis in patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the prognostic value of HBV infection in long-term survival of patients with colorectal liver-only metastases (CRLM) after liver resection has not yet been evaluated. This study aims to explore the association between HBV infection and survival in CRLM patients.

Methods: A total of 289 CRLM patients undergoing liver resection were recruited at our center from September 1999 to August 2015. Patients were divided into an HBV infection group and a non-HBV infection group. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) related to HBV infection were analyzed using both Kaplan-Meier and multivariate Cox regression methods.

Results: HBV infection was found in 12.1 %(35/289) of patients. Of these patients, 31.4 %(11/35) had chronic hepatitis B (CHB), 42.9 % (15/35) were inactive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers (IC) and 25.7 % (9/35) did not undergo HBV DNA detection. HBV infection was associated with more liver metastases (P = 0.025) and larger-sized liver metastases (P = 0.049). The 3-year OS and PFS rates in the HBV infection group were higher than those in the HBV non-infected group (OS: 75.0 % vs 64.8 %, P = 0.031; PFS: 55.9 % vs 39.6 %, P = 0.034). In multivariate Cox analysis, HBV infection was identified as an independent factor for better 3-year OS (hazard ratio (HR), 0.446; 95 %confidence interval (CI), 0.206-0.966; P = 0.041) but not an independent factor for 3-year PFS.

Conclusions: HBV-infected CRLM patients survived longer than non-infected patients. In clinical work, therapeutic regimens and follow-up for HBsAg-positive patients may be different from that for HBsAg-negative patients, even though objective prospective studies are still needed.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer, Hepatitis B virus, Liver metastases, Liver resection, Prognosis

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Zhao, Y., Lin, J., Peng, J., Deng, Y., Zhao, R., Sui, Q., Lu, Z., Wan, D., Pan, Z. (2018). Hepatitis B Virus Infection Predicts Better Survival In Patients With Colorectal Liver-only Metastases Undergoing Liver Resection. Journal of Cancer, 9(9), 1560-1567. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.24544.

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Zhao, Y.; Lin, J.; Peng, J.; Deng, Y.; Zhao, R.; Sui, Q.; Lu, Z.; Wan, D.; Pan, Z. Hepatitis B Virus Infection Predicts Better Survival In Patients With Colorectal Liver-only Metastases Undergoing Liver Resection. J. Cancer 2018, 9 (9), 1560-1567. DOI: 10.7150/jca.24544.

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Zhao Y, Lin J, Peng J, Deng Y, Zhao R, Sui Q, Lu Z, Wan D, Pan Z. 2018. Hepatitis B Virus Infection Predicts Better Survival In Patients With Colorectal Liver-only Metastases Undergoing Liver Resection. J Cancer. 9(9):1560-1567.

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