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Effect of surgical liver resection on circulating tumor cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.


ABSTRACT:

Background

This study explored the effect of liver resection on perioperative circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and found that the prognostic significance of surgery was associated with changes in CTC counts in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods

One hundred thirty-nine patients with HCC were consecutively enrolled. The time-points for collecting blood were one day before operation and three days after operation. CTCs in the peripheral blood were detected by the CellSearch™ System.

Results

Both CTC detection incidence and mean CTC counts showed greater increases postoperatively (54%, mean 1.54 cells) than preoperatively (43%, mean 1.13 cells). The postoperative CTC counts increased in 41.7% of patients, decreased in 25.2% of patients and did not change in 33.1% of patients. The increase in postoperative CTC counts was significantly associated with the macroscopic tumor thrombus status. Patients with increased postoperative CTC counts (from preoperative CTC < 2 to postoperative CTC ≥ 2) had significantly shorter disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) than did patients with persistent CTC < 2. Patients with persistent CTC levels of ≥2 had the worst prognoses.

Conclusions

Surgical liver resection is associated with an increase in CTC counts, and increased postoperative CTC numbers are associated with a worse prognosis in patients with HCC.

SUBMITTER: Yu JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6102841 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of surgical liver resection on circulating tumor cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yu Jing-Jing JJ   Xiao Wei W   Dong Shui-Lin SL   Liang Hui-Fang HF   Zhang Zhi-Wei ZW   Zhang Bi-Xiang BX   Huang Zhi-Yong ZY   Chen Yi-Fa YF   Zhang Wan-Guang WG   Luo Hong-Ping HP   Chen Qian Q   Chen Xiao-Ping XP  

BMC cancer 20180820 1


<h4>Background</h4>This study explored the effect of liver resection on perioperative circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and found that the prognostic significance of surgery was associated with changes in CTC counts in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).<h4>Methods</h4>One hundred thirty-nine patients with HCC were consecutively enrolled. The time-points for collecting blood were one day before operation and three days after operation. CTCs in the peripheral blood were detected by the Cel  ...[more]

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