| Title | gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase as a Prognostic Biomarker in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Transarterial Chemoembolization |
| Authors | Guo, Jianhai Liu, Shaoxing Gao, Song Kou, Fuxin Zhang, Xin Liu, Peng Yang, Renjie Zhu, Xu |
| Affiliation | Peking Univ, Dept Intervent Therapy, Key Lab Carcinogenesis & Translat Res, Minist Educ Beijing,Canc Hosp & Inst, 52 Fucheng Rd, Beijing 100142, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | CANCER INCIDENCE TRANSFERASE ASSOCIATION MARKER REDOX RISK |
| Issue Date | Mar-2021 |
| Publisher | JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY |
| Abstract | Purpose: To evaluate the prognostic value of pretreatment serum g-glutamyltransferase (GGT) level in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) receiving transarterial chemoembolization. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 140 patients (123 male, 17 female; mean age, 56.9 y ? 12.0; range, 22.0? 82.0 y) with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer class C HCC who received first-line conventional chemoembolization between December 2013 and March 2018. Patients were divided into low and high GGT groups based on a cutoff value calculated with a receiver operating characteristic curve. Overall survival (OS) was compared between groups by log-rank test. Univariate and multivariate survival analyses were performed. Results: The optimal cutoff values of GGT were 119.5 U/L in men and 175.0 U/L in women. The 6-, 9-, and 12-mo OS rates were 81.7%, 72.4%, and 62.9%, respectively, for patients in the low GGT group (n = 44) and 58.8%, 35.7%, and 28.8%, respectively, for patients in the high GGT group (n = 96; P < .001). Multivariable Cox regression analysis identified high pretreatment serum GGT level (hazard ratio [HR], 2.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.67?4.40; P < .001), multiple tumors (HR, 3.05; 95% CI, 1.23?7.53; P = .02), and performance of target treatment (ie, sorafenib; HR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.24?0.72; P = .002) or ablation (HR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.18?0.66; P = .001) as independent prognostic factors for OS. Conclusions: Pretreatment serum GGT level was an independent prognostic factor for OS in patients with advanced HCC treated with chemoembolization, suggesting that GGT is a useful prognostic biomarker for advanced HCC. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/613059 |
| ISSN | 1051-0443 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jvir.2020.07.020 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
| Appears in Collections: | 北京肿瘤医院 |
