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ArticleAnnals of gastroenterological surgery2025

Effect of abdominal aortic calcification on long-term outcomes after the first liver resection in very old patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yosuke Namba, Masahiro Ohira, Yuki Imaoka, Michinori Hamaoka, Masakazu Hashimoto, Takashi Onoe, Daisuke Takei, Koichi Oishi, Megumi Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Abe and 10 more

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Article in Annals of gastroenterological surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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20 authors.

Yosuke NambaDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-9517
Masahiro OhiraDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-5303
Yuki ImaokaDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0882-5341
Michinori HamaokaDepartment of Gastroenterological-Breast and Transplant Surgery Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital Hiroshima Japan.
Masakazu HashimotoDepartment of Gastroenterological-Breast and Transplant Surgery Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital Hiroshima Japan.
Takashi OnoeDepartment of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center Hiroshima Japan.
Daisuke TakeiDepartment of Surgery and Endoscopic Surgery JA Onomichi General Hospital Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-8790
Koichi OishiDepartment of Surgery Chugoku Rosai Hospital Hiroshima Japan.
Megumi YamaguchiDepartment of Surgery, Hiroshima City North Medical Center Asa Citizens Hospital Hiroshima Japan.
Tomoyuki AbeDepartment of Surgery and Gastroenterological Surgery East Hiroshima Medical Hospital Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-7614
Takeshi TadokoroDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Sotaro FukuharaDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Ko OshitaDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3384-3800
Keiso MatsubaraDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Naruhiko HonmyoDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Shintaro KurodaDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Hiroyuki TaharaDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4925-6037
Tsuyoshi KobayashiDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7364-1798
Kentaro IdeDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-1688
Hideki OhdanDepartment of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9066-1288

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: We previously reported that abdominal aortic calcification is associated with poor overall and recurrence-free survival after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the effect of abdominal aortic calcification on cancer-specific prognosis in very old patients with several comorbidities remains unknown. This multicenter study aimed to evaluate the impact of abdominal aortic calcification on the cumulative recurrence rate and recurrence-free survival in patients with HCC aged >80 years. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 128 patients (aged ≥80 years) who underwent liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma at seven hospitals belonging to Hiroshima Surgical Study Group of Clinical Oncology between January 2014 and December 2018. Patients were divided into two groups: high and low abdominal aortic calcification groups. The primary endpoints were cumulative recurrence rate and recurrence-free survival. Results: Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis demonstrated that the cumulative recurrence rate in the high abdominal aortic calcification group was significantly higher than that in the low abdominal aortic calcification group, and the high abdominal aortic calcification group had a significantly lower recurrence-free survival rate. In the multivariate analysis, high abdominal aortic calcification ( Conclusions: Our results indicate that the abdominal aortic calcification score is associated with cumulative recurrence rate and recurrence-free survival in very old patients with HCC.

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abdominal aortic calcificationhepatocellular carcinomasprognosissurvival analysisvery old patients

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PMID39759985
PMCPMC11693558

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