Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-5-2022
Abstract
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has become the second leading cause of HCC-related liver transplantation in the United States. This study investigated post-transplant recurrence and survival for patients transplanted for NASH-related HCC compared to non-NASH HCC etiologies. Retrospective review of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) database identified 7,461 patients with HCC—1,405 with underlying NASH and 6,086 with non-NASH underlying diseases. After propensity score matching (PSM) to account for patient- and tumor-related confounders 1,175 remained in each group. Primary outcomes assessed were recurrence rate and recurrence-free survival. Recurrent malignancy at 5 years post-transplant was lower in NASH compared to non-NASH patients (5.80 vs. 9.41%, p = 0.01). Recurrence-free survival, however, was similar at 5 years between groups. Patients with NASH-related HCC were less likely to have post-transplant recurrence than their non-NASH counterparts, although recurrence-free survival was similar at 5 years.
Recommended Citation
Lamm, Ryan; Altshuler, Peter J; Patel, Keyur; Shaheen, Osama; Amante, Angel Paulo; Civan, Jesse; Maley, Warren; Frank, Adam; Ramirez, Carlo; Glorioso, Jaime; Shah, Ashesh; Dang, Hien; and Bodzin, Adam S, "Reduced Rates of Post-Transplant Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis" (2022). Department of Surgery Faculty Papers. Paper 219.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/surgeryfp/219
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PubMed ID
35865863
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author's final published version in European Society for Organ Transplantation, Volume 35, July 2022, Article number 10175.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.3389/ti.2022.10175.
Copyright © 2022 Lamm, Altshuler, Patel, Shaheen, Amante, Civan, Maley, Frank, Ramirez, Glorioso, Shah, Dang and Bodzin.
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