2020
Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for BCLC Stage C Hepatocellular Carcinoma Comparing Child–Pugh A Versus B7 Patients: Are the Outcomes Equivalent?
Zu Q, Schenning RC, Jahangiri Y, Tomozawa Y, Kolbeck KJ, Kaufman JA, Al-Hakim R, Naugler WE, Nabavizadeh N, Kardosh A, Billingsley KG, Mayo SC, Orloff SL, Enestvedt KK, Maynard E, Ahn J, Lhewa D, Farsad K. Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for BCLC Stage C Hepatocellular Carcinoma Comparing Child–Pugh A Versus B7 Patients: Are the Outcomes Equivalent? CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 43: 721-731. PMID: 32140840, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-020-02434-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC hepatocellular carcinomaChild-Pugh AAdvanced hepatocellular carcinomaOverall survivalHepatocellular carcinomaBCLC stage C hepatocellular carcinomaEastern Cooperative Oncology Group scoreBCLC-C hepatocellular carcinomasMultivariable Cox regression analysisChild-Pugh scoreMedian overall survivalChild-Pugh classKaplan-Meier methodCox regression analysisYttrium-90 RadioembolizationLog-rank testCautious patient selectionSignificant independent predictorsChild-PughHCV infectionResultsMean ageY90 radioembolizationAdditional malignanciesConsecutive patientsIndependent predictors
2019
Hepatic resection of solitary HCC in the elderly: A unique disease in a growing population
Zarour LR, Billingsley KG, Walker BS, Enestvedt CK, Orloff SL, Maynard E, Mayo SC. Hepatic resection of solitary HCC in the elderly: A unique disease in a growing population. The American Journal Of Surgery 2019, 217: 899-905. PMID: 30819401, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.01.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolitary hepatocellular carcinomaPrognostic nutritional indexHepatic resectionElderly patientsUnique diseaseLow prognostic nutritional indexMedian Child-Pugh scoreTumor size 5Child-Pugh scoreGrade III complicationsHalf of patientsRecurrence-free survivalSolitary HCCExtrahepatic recurrenceProspective databaseR0 resectionIntrahepatic recurrenceMajor hepatectomyMedian survivalOverall survivalViral hepatitisLow morbidityMedian ageClinicopathologic dataClinicopathologic differences