In:
Annals of Surgery, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 276, No. 5 ( 2022-11), p. 868-874
Abstract:
To propose a new decision algorithm combining biomarkers measured in a tumor biopsy with clinical variables, to predict recurrence after liver transplantation (LT). Background: Liver cancer is one of the most frequent causes of cancer-related mortality. LT is the best treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients but the scarcity of organs makes patient selection a critical step. In addition, clinical criteria widely applied in patient eligibility decisions miss potentially curable patients while selecting patients that relapse after transplantation. Methods: A literature systematic review singled out candidate biomarkers whose RNA levels were assessed by quantitative PCR in tumor tissue from 138 HCC patients submitted to LT ( 〉 5 years follow up, 32% beyond Milan criteria). The resulting 4 gene signature was combined with clinical variables to develop a decision algorithm using machine learning approaches. The method was named HepatoPredict. Results: HepatoPredict identifies 99% disease-free patients ( 〉 5 year) from a retrospective cohort, including many outside clinical criteria (16%–24%), thus reducing the false negative rate. This increased sensitivity is accompanied by an increased positive predictive value (88.5%–94.4%) without any loss of long-term overall survival or recurrence rates for patients deemed eligible by HepatoPredict; those deemed ineligible display marked reduction of survival and increased recurrence in the short and long term. Conclusions: HepatoPredict outperforms conventional clinical-pathologic selection criteria (Milan, UCSF), providing superior prognostic information. Accurately identifying which patients most likely benefit from LT enables an objective stratification of waiting lists and information-based allocation of optimal versus suboptimal organs.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0003-4932
DOI:
10.1097/SLA.0000000000005637
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2022
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2002200-1
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