Objective: To study lipiodol deposition in portal vein tumour thrombus (PVTT) in predicting the treatment outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients after transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE).
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data from 379 HCC patients with PVTT who underwent TACE as the initial treatment at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center from January 2008 to December 2015. Patients were grouped by positive and negative lipiodol deposition based on the extent of lipiodol deposition in PVTT. The overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were compared between negative and positive lipiodol deposition groups; furthermore, the value of the combinatorial evaluation of tumour responses and lipiodol deposition in PVTT in predicting prognosis was analysed in subgroup patients with stable disease (SD) after TACE.
Results: Of the 379 patients, 264 (69.7%) had negative and 115 (30.3%) had positive lipiodol deposition in PVTT after TACE. Multivariate analysis identified positive lipiodol deposition in PVTT as an independent prognostic factor for favourable OS (p = 0.001). The median OS and PFS of negative and positive lipiodol deposition groups were 4.70 vs. 8.97 months (p = 0.001) and 3.1 months vs. 5.8 months (p < 0.001). In subgroup patients, the median OS and PFS of negative and positive lipiodol deposition groups were 4.7 months vs. 10.5 months (p < 0.001) and 3.5 months vs. 7.0 months (p < 0.001), respectively.
Conclusions: The patients with positive lipiodol deposition in PVTT had a longer OS than those with negative lipiodol deposition. Furthermore, the positive lipiodol deposition in PVTT can further differentiate HCC patients with favourable prognosis from SD patients.
Key Points: • Lipiodol deposition in PVTT is a prognostic indicator for HCC patients after TACE treatment. • Positive lipiodol deposition in PVTT is associated with a better prognosis.
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Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the role of immediate post-transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) non-enhanced computed tomography (NECT) in evaluating lipiodol uptake in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients, which may impact prognosis.
- Out of 189 patients analyzed, those with incomplete lipiodol uptake (Cohort B) had significantly shorter time to progression (TTP) compared to those with complete uptake (Cohort C). Cohort A, which received additional treatment, showed no progression during follow-up.
- The findings suggest that assessing lipiodol uptake through NECT can effectively stratify HCC patients and inform treatment adjustments based on their early response to TACE.
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