Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 985: Sorafenib with Transarterial Chemoembolization Achieves Improved Survival vs. Sorafenib Alone in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 985: Sorafenib with Transarterial Chemoembolization Achieves Improved Survival vs. Sorafenib Alone in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11070985
Authors:
Victor C. Kok
Yu-Ching Chen
Yang-Yuan Chen
Yu-Chieh Su
Ming-Chang Ku
Jung-Tsung Kuo
Go J. Yoshida
We hypothesized that sorafenib plus transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) would confer survival benefits over sorafenib alone for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC). We investigated this while using the population-based All-Cancer Dataset to assemble a cohort (n = 3674; median age, 60; 83% men) of patients receiving sorafenib for aHCC (Child-Pugh A) with macro-vascular invasion or nodal/distant metastases. The patients were classified into the sorafenib-TACE group (n = 426) or the propensity score-matched sorafenib-alone group (n = 1686). All of the participants were followed up until death or the end of the study. Time-dependent Cox model and the Mantel–Byar test were used for survival analysis. During the median follow-ups of 221 and 133 days for the sorafenib-TACE and sorafenib-alone groups, 164 (39%) and 916 (54%) deaths occurred, respectively; the corresponding median overall survivals (OS) were 381 and 204 days, respectively (hazard ratio, HR: 0.74; 95% confidence interval, CI, 0.63–0.88; p = 0.021). The one-year and six-month OS were 53.5% and 80.3% in the sorafenib-TACE gr...
Source: Cancers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Victor C. Kok Yu-Ching Chen Yang-Yuan Chen Yu-Chieh Su Ming-Chang Ku Jung-Tsung Kuo Go J. Yoshida Tags: Article Source Type: research
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