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Contemp Oncol (Pozn). 2016;20(6):468-474. doi: 10.5114/wo.2016.65607. Epub 2017 Jan 12.

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation (TACE) plus S-1 for the treatment of BCLC stage B hepatocellular carcinoma refractory to TACE.

Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland)

Wu-Kui Huang, Shu-Fa Yang, Li-Na You, Mo Liu, Deng-Yao Liu, Peng Gu, Xi-Wen Fan

Affiliations

  1. Department of Intervention Radiology, the Affiliated Tumour Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; These authors contributed equally to this work.
  2. Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; These authors contributed equally to this work.
  3. Department of Intervention Radiology, the Affiliated Tumour Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.

PMID: 28239285 PMCID: PMC5320460 DOI: 10.5114/wo.2016.65607

Abstract

AIM OF THE STUDY: To assess the efficacy and safety of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) plus S-1 for the treatment of Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Stage B HCC refractory to TACE.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: 26 patients meeting the eligibility criteria were enrolled. TACE was given on day 1, and S-1 on days 2-15. Tumor assessment was performed one month later according to mRECIST. The primary endpoints were TTP and OS.

RESULTS: Twenty-six patients received 176 TACE interventions in all. Fifteen patients of TACE plus S-1 received a total of 55 cycles of treatment of S-1, with a median of 4 cycles (range, 2-6). The total dose of S-1 was 6165 mg per day, while average was 120 mg (range, 100-125 mg) for 15 patients of TACE plus S-1. Median TTP and OS of TACE plus S-1 were 6 months (95% CI: 4.7-7.3) and 18 months (95% CI: 15.3-24.7), respectively, while TACE monotherapy was 4 months (95% CI: 2.4-5.6) and 13 months (95% CI: 9.8-16.2), respectively, and significant differences were detected. Though there were higher DCRs in patients of TACE plus S-1, no significant differences were detected. A total of 612 adverse events occurred during the course of the treatment, 367 in TACE plus S-1 and 245 in TACE mono-therapy. There were significant differences to anorexia and nausea, but they were tolerable.

CONCLUSIONS: TACE plus S-1 in the present analysis was tolerable and associated with an interesting TTP and OS. TACE plus S-1 may be used as a new treatment method to BCLC Stage B HCC refractory to TACE.

Keywords: S-1; hepatocellular carcinoma; transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation

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