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1. Sorafenib and Metronomic Capecitabine in Child-Pugh B patients with advanced HCC: A real-life comparison with best supportive care

Author: Stefanini, Benedetta, Bucci, Laura, Santi, Valentina, Reggidori, Nicola, Lani, Lorenzo, Granito, Alessandro, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Di Marco, Mariella, Ghittoni, Giorgia, Campani, Claudia, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Giannini, Edoardo G., Biasini, Elisabetta, Saitta, Carlo, Magalotti, Donatella, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Guarino, Maria, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Masotto, Alberto, Sacco, Rodolfo, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Mega, Andrea, Azzaroli, Francesco, Nardone, Gerardo, Brandi, Giovanni, Sabbioni, Simone, Vitale, Alessandro, and Trevisani, Franco
Published: 2024
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2. Landscape of alcohol-related hepatocellular carcinoma in the last 15 years highlights the need to expand surveillance programs

Author: Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Benevento, Francesca, Granito, Alessandro, Muratori, Luca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Tovoli, Francesco, Allegrini, Gloria, Cammà, Calogero, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Giacchetto, Carmelo Marco, Giuffrida, Paolo, Grassini, Maria Vittoria, Grova, Mauro, Rancatore, Gabriele, Stornello, Caterina, Adotti, Valentina, Cavoli, Tancredi Li, Marra, Fabio, Rosi, Martina, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, Borghi, Alberto, Napoli, Lucia, Conti, Fabio, Frassineti, G.L., Migliano, Maria Teresa, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Ponziani, Francesca Romana, Missale, Gabriele, Olivani, Andrea, Capasso, Mario, Cossiga, Valentina, Guarino, Maria, Marina Cela, Ester, Facciorusso, Antonio, Graziosi, Camilla, Lauria, Valentina, Pelecca, Giorgio, Schirripa, Marta, Chegai, Fabrizio, Raso, Armando, Bozzi, Alessio, Franzè, Maria Stella, Saitta, Carlo, Sauchella, Assunta, Dajti, Elton, Ravaioli, Federico, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, Pieri, Giulia, Oliveri, Filippo, Ricco, Gabriele, Romagnoli, Veronica, Inno, Alessandro, Marchetti, Fabiana, Coccoli, Pietro, Malerba, Antonio, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Reggidori, Nicola, Bucci, Laura, Santi, Valentina, Stefanini, Benedetta, Lani, Lorenzo, Rampoldi, Davide, Ghittoni, Giorgia, Farinati, Fabio, Masotto, Alberto, Stefanini, Bernardo, Mega, Andrea, Biasini, Elisabetta, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Campani, Claudia, Raimondo, Giovanni, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Celsa, Ciro, Di Marco, Mariella, Giannini, Edoardo G., Sacco, Rodolfo, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Azzaroli, Francesco, Magalotti, Donatella, Morisco, Filomena, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Nardone, Gerardo, Vitale, Alessandro, and Trevisani, Franco
Published: 2023
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3. Characteristics and survival of patients with primary biliary cholangitis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Benevento, Francesca, Granito, Alessandro, Muratori, Luca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Bertellini, Federica, Farinati, Fabio, Palano, Giorgio, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Penzo, Barbara, Pinto, Elisa, Allegrini, Gloria, Cammà, Calogero, Celsa, Ciro, Giuffrida, Paolo, Stornello, Caterina, Grova, Mauro, Giacchetto, Carmelo Marco, Rancatore, Gabriele, Grassini, Maria Vittoria, Adotti, Valentina, Gitto, Stefano, Marra, Fabio, Rosi, Martina, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, Borghi, Alberto, Gardini, Andrea Casadei, Conti, Fabio, Napoli, Lucia, Domenicali, Marco, Migliano, Maria Teresa, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Ponziani, Francesca Romana, Olivani, Andrea, Missale, Gabriele, Cossiga, Valentina, Capasso, Mario, Morisco, Filomena, Cela, Ester Marina, Facciorusso, Antonio, Lauria, Valentina, Ghittoni, Giorgia, Pelecca, Giorgio, Chegai, Fabrizio, Coratella, Fabio, Ortenzi, Mariano, Dell'Isola, Serena, Franzè, Maria Stella, Saitta, Carlo, Sauchella, Assunta, Dajti, Elton, Ravaioli, Federico, Oliveri, Filippo, Ricco, Gabriele, Romagnoli, Veronica, Inno, Alessandro, Marchetti, Fabiana, Coccoli, Pietro, Malerba, Antonio, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Giannini, Edoardo G., Pieri, Giulia, Labanca, Sara, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Cazzagon, Nora, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Mega, Andrea, Masotto, Alberto, Raimondo, Giovanni, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Sacco, Rodolfo, Caturelli, Eugenio, Guarino, Maria, Tovoli, Francesco, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Nardone, Gerardo, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Magalotti, Donatella, Azzaroli, Francesco, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Di Marco, Maria, Sangiovanni, Angelo, and Trevisani, Franco
Published: 2022
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4. Comparison of prognostic models in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients undergoing Sorafenib: A multicenter study.

Author: Marasco, Giovanni, Colecchia, Antonio, Bacchi Reggiani, Maria Letizia, Celsa, Ciro, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo Giovanni, Benevento, Francesca, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Caturelli, Eugenio, Di Marco, Mariella, Biasini, Elisabetta, Marra, Fabio, Morisco, Filomena, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Zoli, Marco, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Masotto, Alberto, Sacco, Rodolfo, Raimondo, Giovanni, Azzaroli, Francesco, Mega, Andrea, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Nardone, Gerardo, Dajti, Elton, Ravaioli, Federico, Avanzato, Francesca, Festi, Davide, and Trevisani, Franco
Published: 2021
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5. Integrated prognostication of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by contrast-enhanced computed tomography: the adjunct yield of radiomics

Author: Silva, Mario, Maddalo, Michele, Leoni, Eleonora, Giuliotti, Sara, Milanese, Gianluca, Ghetti, Caterina, Biasini, Elisabetta, De Filippo, Massimo, Missale, Gabriele, and Sverzellati, Nicola
Published: 2021
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6. Characteristics and outcome of anti-hepatitis D virus positive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Author: Giannini, Edoardo G., Pasta, Andrea, Pieri, Giulia, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, Marseglia, Mariarosaria, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Ghittoni, Giorgia, Di Marco, Mariella, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Guarino, Maria, Biasini, Elisabetta, Saitta, Carlo, Campani, Claudia, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Magalotti, Donatella, and Azzaroli, Francesco
Subjects: HEPATITIS D virus, HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma, CHRONIC active hepatitis, HEPATITIS B virus, CANCER patients
Abstract: Background & Aims: Chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) often leads to end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Comprehensive data pertaining to large populations with HDV and HCC are missing, therefore we sought to assess the characteristics, management, and outcome of these patients, comparing them to patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Methods: We analysed the Italian Liver Cancer database focusing on patients with positivity for HBV surface antigen and anti-HDV antibodies (HBV/HDV, n = 107) and patients with HBV infection alone (n = 588). Clinical and oncological characteristics, treatment, and survival were compared in the two groups. Results: Patients with HBV/HDV had worse liver function [Model for End-stage Liver Disease score: 11 vs. 9, p<.0001; Child-Turcotte-Pugh score: 7 vs. 5, p<.0001] than patients with HBV. HCC was more frequently diagnosed during surveillance (72.9% vs. 52.4%, p = .0002), and the oncological stage was more frequently Milan-in (67.3% vs. 52.7%, p = .005) in patients with HBV/HDV. Liver transplantation was more frequently performed in HBV/HDV than in HBV patients (36.4% vs. 9.5%), while the opposite was observed for resection (8.4% vs. 20.1%, p<.0001), and in a competing risk analysis, HBV/HDV patients had a higher probability of receiving transplantation, independently of liver function and oncological stage. A trend towards longer survival was observed in patients with HBV/HDV (50.4 vs. 44.4months, p = .106). Conclusions: In patients with HBV/HDV, HCC is diagnosed more frequently during surveillance, resulting in a less advanced cancer stage in patients with more deranged liver function than HBV alone. Patients with HBV/HDV have a heightened benefit from liver transplantation, positively influencing survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2024
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7. Landscape of alcohol-related hepatocellular carcinoma in the last 15 years highlights the need to expand surveillance programs

Author: Reggidori, Nicola, primary, Bucci, Laura, additional, Santi, Valentina, additional, Stefanini, Benedetta, additional, Lani, Lorenzo, additional, Rampoldi, Davide, additional, Ghittoni, Giorgia, additional, Farinati, Fabio, additional, Masotto, Alberto, additional, Stefanini, Bernardo, additional, Mega, Andrea, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, additional, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, additional, Sangiovanni, Angelo, additional, Campani, Claudia, additional, Raimondo, Giovanni, additional, Vidili, Gianpaolo, additional, Gasbarrini, Antonio, additional, Celsa, Ciro, additional, Di Marco, Mariella, additional, Giannini, Edoardo G., additional, Sacco, Rodolfo, additional, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, additional, Azzaroli, Francesco, additional, Magalotti, Donatella, additional, Morisco, Filomena, additional, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, additional, Nardone, Gerardo, additional, Vitale, Alessandro, additional, Trevisani, Franco, additional, Biselli, Maurizio, additional, Caraceni, Paolo, additional, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, additional, Benevento, Francesca, additional, Granito, Alessandro, additional, Muratori, Luca, additional, Piscaglia, Fabio, additional, Tovoli, Francesco, additional, Allegrini, Gloria, additional, Cammà, Calogero, additional, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, additional, Giacchetto, Carmelo Marco, additional, Giuffrida, Paolo, additional, Grassini, Maria Vittoria, additional, Grova, Mauro, additional, Rancatore, Gabriele, additional, Stornello, Caterina, additional, Adotti, Valentina, additional, Cavoli, Tancredi Li, additional, Marra, Fabio, additional, Rosi, Martina, additional, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, additional, Borghi, Alberto, additional, Napoli, Lucia, additional, Conti, Fabio, additional, Frassineti, G.L., additional, Migliano, Maria Teresa, additional, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, additional, Ponziani, Francesca Romana, additional, Missale, Gabriele, additional, Olivani, Andrea, additional, Capasso, Mario, additional, Cossiga, Valentina, additional, Guarino, Maria, additional, Marina Cela, Ester, additional, Facciorusso, Antonio, additional, Graziosi, Camilla, additional, Lauria, Valentina, additional, Pelecca, Giorgio, additional, Schirripa, Marta, additional, Chegai, Fabrizio, additional, Raso, Armando, additional, Bozzi, Alessio, additional, Franzè, Maria Stella, additional, Saitta, Carlo, additional, Sauchella, Assunta, additional, Dajti, Elton, additional, Ravaioli, Federico, additional, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, additional, Pieri, Giulia, additional, Oliveri, Filippo, additional, Ricco, Gabriele, additional, Romagnoli, Veronica, additional, Inno, Alessandro, additional, Marchetti, Fabiana, additional, Coccoli, Pietro, additional, Malerba, Antonio, additional, Cappelli, Alberta, additional, Golfieri, Rita, additional, Mosconi, Cristina, additional, and Renzulli, Matteo, additional
Published: 2023
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8. Recalibrating survival prediction among patients receiving trans‐arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Cucchetti, Alessandro, Giannini, Edoardo G., Mosconi, Cristina, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, Pieri, Giulia, Farinati, Fabio, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Campani, Claudia, Mega, Andrea, Guarino, Maria, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati‐Baroni, Gianluca, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Missale, Gabriele, Masotto, Alberto, Nardone, Gerardo, Raimondo, Giovanni, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Sansone, Vito, Zoli, Marco, Azzaroli, Francesco, Trevisani, Franco, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Rampoldi, Davide, Reggidori, Nicola, Santi, Valentina, Stefanini, Benedetta, Granito, Alessandro, Muratori, Luca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Tovoli, Francesco, Magalotti, Donatella, Dajti, Elton, Marasco, Giovanni, Ravaioli, Federico, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Renzulli, Matteo, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Penzo, Barbara, Marina Cela, Ester, Facciorusso, Antonio, Cacciato, Valentina, Casagrande, Edoardo, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Allegrini, Gloria, Lauria, Valentina, Ghittoni, Giorgia, Pelecca, Giorgio, Chegai, Fabrizio, Coratella, Fabio, Ortenzi, Mariano, Dell'Isola, Serena, Biasini, Elisabetta, Olivani, Andrea, Inno, Alessandro, Marchetti, Fabiana, Celsa, Ciro, Grova, Mauro, Stornello, Caterina, Busacca, Anita, Cammà, Calogero, Maria Rizzo, Giacomo Emanuele, Franzè, Maria Stella, Saitta, Carlo, Sauchella, Assunta, Napoli, Lucia, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, Berardinelli, Dante, Borghi, Alberto, Gardini, Andrea Casadei, Conti, Fabio, Dall'Aglio, Anna Chiara, Ercolani, Giorgio, Marra, Fabio, Di Bonaventura, Chiara, Gitto, Stefano, Adotti, Valentina, Coccoli, Pietro, Malerba, Antonio, Capasso, Mario, Morisco, Filomena, Oliveri, Filippo, Romagnoli, Veronica, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Giannini, Edoardo G., Mosconi, Cristina, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, Pieri, Giulia, Farinati, Fabio, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Campani, Claudia, Mega, Andrea, Guarino, Maria, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati‐Baroni, Gianluca, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Missale, Gabriele, Masotto, Alberto, Nardone, Gerardo, Raimondo, Giovanni, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Sansone, Vito, Zoli, Marco, Azzaroli, Francesco, Trevisani, Franco, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Rampoldi, Davide, Reggidori, Nicola, Santi, Valentina, Stefanini, Benedetta, Granito, Alessandro, Muratori, Luca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Tovoli, Francesco, Magalotti, Donatella, Dajti, Elton, Marasco, Giovanni, Ravaioli, Federico, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Renzulli, Matteo, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Penzo, Barbara, Marina Cela, Ester, Facciorusso, Antonio, Cacciato, Valentina, Casagrande, Edoardo, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Allegrini, Gloria, Lauria, Valentina, Ghittoni, Giorgia, Pelecca, Giorgio, Chegai, Fabrizio, Coratella, Fabio, Ortenzi, Mariano, Dell'Isola, Serena, Biasini, Elisabetta, Olivani, Andrea, Inno, Alessandro, Marchetti, Fabiana, Celsa, Ciro, Grova, Mauro, Stornello, Caterina, Busacca, Anita, Cammà, Calogero, Maria Rizzo, Giacomo Emanuele, Franzè, Maria Stella, Saitta, Carlo, Sauchella, Assunta, Napoli, Lucia, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, Berardinelli, Dante, Borghi, Alberto, Gardini, Andrea Casadei, Conti, Fabio, Dall'Aglio, Anna Chiara, Ercolani, Giorgio, Marra, Fabio, Di Bonaventura, Chiara, Gitto, Stefano, Adotti, Valentina, Coccoli, Pietro, Malerba, Antonio, Capasso, Mario, Morisco, Filomena, Oliveri, Filippo, and Romagnoli, Veronica
Subjects: Liver Cancer, Pre-TACE-Predict model, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Trans-arterial chemoembolization, Pharmaceutical Science, hepatocellular carcinoma, medicine.disease, Gastroenterology, Complementary and alternative medicine, Internal medicine, Hepatocellular carcinoma, medicine, Pharmacology (medical), Trans arterial chemoembolization, business
Abstract: Background & Aims The Pre-TACE-Predict model was devised to assess prognosis of patients treated with trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, before entering clinical practice, a model should demonstrate that it performs a useful role. Methods We performed an independent external validation of the Pre-TACE model in a cohort that differs in setting and time period from the one that generated the original model. Data from 826 patients treated with TACE for naïve HCC (2008-2018) were used to assess calibration and discrimination of the Pre-TACE-Predict model. Results The four risk-categories identified by the Pre-TACE-Predict model had gradient monotonicity, with median survivals of 52.0, 36.2, 29.9, and 14.1 months respectively. However, predicted survivals systematically underestimated observed survivals (R2: 0.667). A recalibration was adopted maintaining fixed the prognostic index and modifying the baseline survival function. This resulted in an almost perfect calibration (R2: 0.995) in all the four risk categories. Cox regressions showed that aetiology and macrovascular invasion, included in the Pre-TACE-Predict model, had no prognostic impact in the present study population, and that coefficients for tumour size and multiplicity were overestimated. The c-index was similar to that of the m-HAP-III, but higher than those of HAP, m-HAP-II and the six-and-twelve models. Conclusions The recalibration of Pre-TACE-Predict model improved the estimation of survival probabilities of HCC patients treated with TACE. The highest discriminatory ability of the Pre-TACE-model in comparison to other available models, together with risk stratification and recalibration, makes it the best prognostic tool currently available for these patients.
Published: 2021

9. Characteristics and survival of patients with primary biliary cholangitis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Giannini, Edoardo G., primary, Pieri, Giulia, additional, Labanca, Sara, additional, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, additional, Gasbarrini, Antonio, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Campani, Claudia, additional, Cazzagon, Nora, additional, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, additional, Mega, Andrea, additional, Masotto, Alberto, additional, Raimondo, Giovanni, additional, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, additional, Sacco, Rodolfo, additional, Caturelli, Eugenio, additional, Guarino, Maria, additional, Tovoli, Francesco, additional, Vidili, Gianpaolo, additional, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, additional, Nardone, Gerardo, additional, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, additional, Magalotti, Donatella, additional, Azzaroli, Francesco, additional, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, additional, Di Marco, Maria, additional, Sangiovanni, Angelo, additional, Trevisani, Franco, additional, Biselli, Maurizio, additional, Caraceni, Paolo, additional, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, additional, Benevento, Francesca, additional, Granito, Alessandro, additional, Muratori, Luca, additional, Piscaglia, Fabio, additional, Bertellini, Federica, additional, Farinati, Fabio, additional, Palano, Giorgio, additional, Pelizzaro, Filippo, additional, Penzo, Barbara, additional, Pinto, Elisa, additional, Allegrini, Gloria, additional, Cammà, Calogero, additional, Celsa, Ciro, additional, Giuffrida, Paolo, additional, Stornello, Caterina, additional, Grova, Mauro, additional, Giacchetto, Carmelo Marco, additional, Rancatore, Gabriele, additional, Grassini, Maria Vittoria, additional, Adotti, Valentina, additional, Gitto, Stefano, additional, Marra, Fabio, additional, Rosi, Martina, additional, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, additional, Borghi, Alberto, additional, Gardini, Andrea Casadei, additional, Conti, Fabio, additional, Napoli, Lucia, additional, Domenicali, Marco, additional, Migliano, Maria Teresa, additional, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, additional, Ponziani, Francesca Romana, additional, Olivani, Andrea, additional, Missale, Gabriele, additional, Cossiga, Valentina, additional, Capasso, Mario, additional, Morisco, Filomena, additional, Cela, Ester Marina, additional, Facciorusso, Antonio, additional, Lauria, Valentina, additional, Ghittoni, Giorgia, additional, Pelecca, Giorgio, additional, Chegai, Fabrizio, additional, Coratella, Fabio, additional, Ortenzi, Mariano, additional, Dell'Isola, Serena, additional, Franzè, Maria Stella, additional, Saitta, Carlo, additional, Sauchella, Assunta, additional, Dajti, Elton, additional, Ravaioli, Federico, additional, Oliveri, Filippo, additional, Ricco, Gabriele, additional, Romagnoli, Veronica, additional, Inno, Alessandro, additional, Marchetti, Fabiana, additional, Coccoli, Pietro, additional, Malerba, Antonio, additional, Cappelli, Alberta, additional, Golfieri, Rita, additional, Mosconi, Cristina, additional, and Renzulli, Matteo, additional
Published: 2022
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10. Hepatectomy Versus Sorafenib in Advanced Non-Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Real-Life Multicentric Weighted Comparison

Author: Famularo, Simone, Donadon, Matteo, Cipriani, Federica, Giuliante, Felice, Ferri, Silvia, Celsa, Ciro, Ferrero, Alessandro, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Valle, Raffaele Dalla, Pellizzaro, Filippo, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Raimondo, Giovanni, Mega, Andrea, Chiarelli, Marco, Maestri, Marcello, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Jovine, Elio, Grazi, Gian Luca, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Ruzzenente, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Sacco, Rodolfo, Memeo, Riccardo, Crespi, Michele, Antonucci, Adelmo, Bernasconi, Davide P, Romano, Fabrizio, Griseri, Guido, Aldrighetti, Luca, Torzilli, Guido, Trevisani, Franco, Famularo, S, Donadon, M, Cipriani, F, Giuliante, F, Ferri, S, Celsa, C, Ferrero, A, Foschi, F, Baiocchi, G, Biasini, E, Campani, C, Valle, R, Pellizzaro, F, Baroni, G, Raimondo, G, Mega, A, Chiarelli, M, Maestri, M, Gasbarrini, A, Jovine, E, Grazi, G, Rapaccini, G, Ruzzenente, A, Morisco, F, Sacco, R, Memeo, R, Crespi, M, Antonucci, A, Bernasconi, D, Romano, F, Griseri, G, Aldrighetti, L, Torzilli, G, Trevisani, F, Famularo, Simone, Donadon, Matteo, Cipriani, Federica, Giuliante, Felice, Ferri, Silvia, Celsa, Ciro, Ferrero, Alessandro, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Valle, Raffaele Dalla, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Raimondo, Giovanni, Mega, Andrea, Chiarelli, Marco, Maestri, Marcello, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Jovine, Elio, Grazi, Gian Luca, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Ruzzenente, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Sacco, Rodolfo, Memeo, Riccardo, Crespi, Michele, Antonucci, Adelmo, Bernasconi, Davide P, Romano, Fabrizio, Griseri, Guido, Aldrighetti, Luca, Torzilli, Guido, Trevisani, Franco, and Pellizzaro, Filippo
Subjects: Niacinamide, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, surgery, sorafenib, bclc, Phenylurea Compounds, Carcinoma, Settore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNA, Liver Neoplasms, advanced HCC, Hepatocellular, Antineoplastic Agents, systemic therapies, Sorafenib, BCLC C, NO, Treatment Outcome, macrovascular invasion, Humans, Hepatectomy, Surgery, Neoplasm Staging, Retrospective Studies, Liver surgery
Abstract: Objective: The aim of the study was to compare SURG vs SOR regarding the OS and progression-free survival (PFS) in a real-world clinical scenario. Background data: The treatment for advanced nonmetastatic HCC belonging to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C (BCLC C) is still controversial. Methods: BCLC C patients without extrahepatic spread and tumoral invasion of the main portal trunk were considered. Surgical patients were obtained from the HE.RC.O.LE.S. Register, whereas sorafenib patients were obtained from the ITA.LI.CA register The inverse probability weighting (IPW) method was adopted to balance the confounders between the 2 groups. Results: Between 2008 and 2019, 478 patients were enrolled: 303 in SURG and 175 in SOR group. Eastern Cooperative Oncological Group Performance Status (ECOG-PS), presence of cirrhosis, steatosis, Child-Pugh grade, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, alcohol intake, collateral veins, bilobar disease, localization of the tumor thrombus, number of nodules, alpha-fetoprotein, age, and Charlson Comorbidity index were weighted by IPW to create two balanced pseudo-populations: SURG = 374 and SOR = 263. After IPW, 1-3-5 years OS was 83.6%, 68.1%, 55.9% for SURG, and 42.3%, 17.8%, 12.8% for SOR (P < 0.001). Similar trends were observed after subgrouping patients by ECOG-PS = 0 and ECOG-PS >0, and by the intrahepatic location of portal vein invasion. At Cox regression, sorafenib treatment (hazard ratio 4.436; 95% confidence interval 3.19-6.15; P < 0.001) and Charlson Index (hazard ratio 1.162; 95% confidence interval 1.06-1.27; P = 0.010) were the only independent predictors of mortality. PFS at 1-3-5 years were 65.9%, 40.3%, 24.3% for SURG and 21.6%, 3.5%, 2.9% for SOR (P = 0.007). Conclusions: In BCLC C patients without extrahepatic spread but with intrahepatic portal invasion, liver resection, if feasible, was followed by better OS and PFS compared with sorafenib.
Published: 2022

11. Targeting Stress Sensor Kinases in Hepatocellular Carcinoma-Infiltrating Human NK Cells as a Novel Immunotherapeutic Strategy for Liver Cancer

Author: Zecca, Alessandra, primary, Barili, Valeria, additional, Olivani, Andrea, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Boni, Carolina, additional, Fisicaro, Paola, additional, Montali, Ilaria, additional, Tiezzi, Camilla, additional, Dalla Valle, Raffaele, additional, Ferrari, Carlo, additional, Cariani, Elisabetta, additional, and Missale, Gabriele, additional
Published: 2022
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12. Hepatectomy Versus Sorafenib in Advanced Nonmetastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Real-life Multicentric Weighted Comparison

Author: Famularo, Simone, Donadon, Matteo, Cipriani, Federica, Giuliante, Felice, Ferri, Silvia, Celsa, Ciro, Ferrero, Alessandro, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Valle, Raffaele Dalla, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Raimondo, Giovanni, Mega, Andrea, Chiarelli, Marco, Maestri, Marcello, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Jovine, Elio, Grazi, Gian Luca, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Ruzzenente, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Sacco, Rodolfo, Memeo, Riccardo, Crespi, Michele, Antonucci, Adelmo, Bernasconi, Davide P, Romano, Fabrizio, Griseri, Guido, Aldrighetti, Luca, Torzilli, Guido, Trevisani, Franco, Giuliante, Felice (ORCID:0000-0001-9517-8220), Gasbarrini, Antonio (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), Famularo, Simone, Donadon, Matteo, Cipriani, Federica, Giuliante, Felice, Ferri, Silvia, Celsa, Ciro, Ferrero, Alessandro, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Valle, Raffaele Dalla, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Raimondo, Giovanni, Mega, Andrea, Chiarelli, Marco, Maestri, Marcello, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Jovine, Elio, Grazi, Gian Luca, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Ruzzenente, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Sacco, Rodolfo, Memeo, Riccardo, Crespi, Michele, Antonucci, Adelmo, Bernasconi, Davide P, Romano, Fabrizio, Griseri, Guido, Aldrighetti, Luca, Torzilli, Guido, Trevisani, Franco, Giuliante, Felice (ORCID:0000-0001-9517-8220), Gasbarrini, Antonio (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), and Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X)
Abstract: Objective: The aim of the study was to compare SURG vs SOR regarding the OS and progression-free survival (PFS) in a real-world clinical scenario. Background data: The treatment for advanced nonmetastatic HCC belonging to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C (BCLC C) is still controversial. Methods: BCLC C patients without extrahepatic spread and tumoral invasion of the main portal trunk were considered. Surgical patients were obtained from the HE.RC.O.LE.S. Register, whereas sorafenib patients were obtained from the ITA.LI.CA register The inverse probability weighting (IPW) method was adopted to balance the confounders between the 2 groups. Results: Between 2008 and 2019, 478 patients were enrolled: 303 in SURG and 175 in SOR group. Eastern Cooperative Oncological Group Performance Status (ECOG-PS), presence of cirrhosis, steatosis, Child-Pugh grade, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, alcohol intake, collateral veins, bilobar disease, localization of the tumor thrombus, number of nodules, alpha-fetoprotein, age, and Charlson Comorbidity index were weighted by IPW to create two balanced pseudo-populations: SURG = 374 and SOR = 263. After IPW, 1-3-5 years OS was 83.6%, 68.1%, 55.9% for SURG, and 42.3%, 17.8%, 12.8% for SOR (P < 0.001). Similar trends were observed after subgrouping patients by ECOG-PS = 0 and ECOG-PS >0, and by the intrahepatic location of portal vein invasion. At Cox regression, sorafenib treatment (hazard ratio 4.436; 95% confidence interval 3.19-6.15; P < 0.001) and Charlson Index (hazard ratio 1.162; 95% confidence interval 1.06-1.27; P = 0.010) were the only independent predictors of mortality. PFS at 1-3-5 years were 65.9%, 40.3%, 24.3% for SURG and 21.6%, 3.5%, 2.9% for SOR (P = 0.007). Conclusions: In BCLC C patients without extrahepatic spread but with intrahepatic portal invasion, liver resection, if feasible, was followed by better OS and PFS compared with sorafenib.
Published: 2022

13. Characteristics and survival of patients with primary biliary cholangitis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Giannini, Edoardo G, Pieri, Giulia, Labanca, Sara, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Cazzagon, Nora, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Mega, Andrea, Masotto, Alberto, Raimondo, Giovanni, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Sacco, Rodolfo, Caturelli, Eugenio, Guarino, Maria, Tovoli, Francesco, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Nardone, Gerardo, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Magalotti, Donatella, Azzaroli, Francesco, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Di Marco, Maria Teresa, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Trevisani, Franco, Gasbarrini, Antonio (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), Di Marco, Maria, Giannini, Edoardo G, Pieri, Giulia, Labanca, Sara, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Cazzagon, Nora, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Mega, Andrea, Masotto, Alberto, Raimondo, Giovanni, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Sacco, Rodolfo, Caturelli, Eugenio, Guarino, Maria, Tovoli, Francesco, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Nardone, Gerardo, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Magalotti, Donatella, Azzaroli, Francesco, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Di Marco, Maria Teresa, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Trevisani, Franco, Gasbarrini, Antonio (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), and Di Marco, Maria
Abstract: Background: Comprehensive and contemporary data pertaining large populations of patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are missing. Aim: To describe main characteristics and outcome of PBC patients with HCC diagnosed in the new millennium. Methods: Analysing the Italian Liver Cancer registry we identified 80 PBC patients with HCC diagnosed after the year 2000, and described their clinical characteristics, access to treatment and survival. Results: Median age of patients was 71 years and 50.0% were males. Cirrhosis was present in 86.3% of patients, being well-compensated in 58.0%. Median HCC diameter was smaller in patients under surveillance (2.6 vs 4.0 cm, P = 0.007). Curative treatment, feasible in 50.0% of patients, was associated with improved survival compared to palliative and supportive care (42 vs 33 vs 6 months, P<0.0001). Surveillance was associated with a non-significant improved survival (36 vs 23 months), likely due to similar rate of curative treatment in patients under (51.4%) and outside surveillance (42.6%). Conclusions: PBC patients with HCC are often elderly males with well-preserved liver function. Feasibility of curative treatment is high and associated with improved prognosis. Description of these patients may help focus surveillance to identify earlier tumours, increase their curability, and improve prognosis.
Published: 2022

14. Hepatectomy Versus Sorafenib in Advanced Non-Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Real-Life Multicentric Weighted Comparison

Author: Famularo, S, Donadon, M, Cipriani, F, Giuliante, F, Ferri, S, Celsa, C, Ferrero, A, Foschi, F, Baiocchi, G, Biasini, E, Campani, C, Valle, R, Pellizzaro, F, Baroni, G, Raimondo, G, Mega, A, Chiarelli, M, Maestri, M, Gasbarrini, A, Jovine, E, Grazi, G, Rapaccini, G, Ruzzenente, A, Morisco, F, Sacco, R, Memeo, R, Crespi, M, Antonucci, A, Bernasconi, D, Romano, F, Griseri, G, Aldrighetti, L, Torzilli, G, Trevisani, F, Famularo, Simone, Donadon, Matteo, Cipriani, Federica, Giuliante, Felice, Ferri, Silvia, Celsa, Ciro, Ferrero, Alessandro, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Valle, Raffaele Dalla, Pellizzaro, Filippo, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Raimondo, Giovanni, Mega, Andrea, Chiarelli, Marco, Maestri, Marcello, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Jovine, Elio, Grazi, Gian Luca, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Ruzzenente, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Sacco, Rodolfo, Memeo, Riccardo, Crespi, Michele, Antonucci, Adelmo, Bernasconi, Davide P, Romano, Fabrizio, Griseri, Guido, Aldrighetti, Luca, Torzilli, Guido, Trevisani, Franco, Famularo, S, Donadon, M, Cipriani, F, Giuliante, F, Ferri, S, Celsa, C, Ferrero, A, Foschi, F, Baiocchi, G, Biasini, E, Campani, C, Valle, R, Pellizzaro, F, Baroni, G, Raimondo, G, Mega, A, Chiarelli, M, Maestri, M, Gasbarrini, A, Jovine, E, Grazi, G, Rapaccini, G, Ruzzenente, A, Morisco, F, Sacco, R, Memeo, R, Crespi, M, Antonucci, A, Bernasconi, D, Romano, F, Griseri, G, Aldrighetti, L, Torzilli, G, Trevisani, F, Famularo, Simone, Donadon, Matteo, Cipriani, Federica, Giuliante, Felice, Ferri, Silvia, Celsa, Ciro, Ferrero, Alessandro, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Valle, Raffaele Dalla, Pellizzaro, Filippo, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Raimondo, Giovanni, Mega, Andrea, Chiarelli, Marco, Maestri, Marcello, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Jovine, Elio, Grazi, Gian Luca, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Ruzzenente, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Sacco, Rodolfo, Memeo, Riccardo, Crespi, Michele, Antonucci, Adelmo, Bernasconi, Davide P, Romano, Fabrizio, Griseri, Guido, Aldrighetti, Luca, Torzilli, Guido, and Trevisani, Franco
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to compare SURG vs SOR regarding the OS and progression-free survival (PFS) in a real-world clinical scenario. BACKGROUND DATA: The treatment for advanced nonmetastatic HCC belonging to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C (BCLC C) is still controversial. METHODS: BCLC C patients without extrahepatic spread and tumoral invasion of the main portal trunk were considered. Surgical patients were obtained from the HE.RC.O.LE.S. Register, whereas sorafenib patients were obtained from the ITA.LI.CA register The inverse probability weighting (IPW) method was adopted to balance the confounders between the 2 groups. RESULTS: Between 2008 and 2019, 478 patients were enrolled: 303 in SURG and 175 in SOR group. Eastern Cooperative Oncological Group Performance Status (ECOG-PS), presence of cirrhosis, steatosis, Child-Pugh grade, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, alcohol intake, collateral veins, bilobar disease, localization of the tumor thrombus, number of nodules, alpha-fetoprotein, age, and Charlson Comorbidity index were weighted by IPW to create two balanced pseudo-populations: SURG = 374 and SOR = 263. After IPW, 1-3-5 years OS was 83.6%, 68.1%, 55.9% for SURG, and 42.3%, 17.8%, 12.8% for SOR (P [removed]0, and by the intrahepatic location of portal vein invasion. At Cox regression, sorafenib treatment (hazard ratio 4.436; 95% confidence interval 3.19-6.15; P < 0.001) and Charlson Index (hazard ratio 1.162; 95% confidence interval 1.06-1.27; P = 0.010) were the only independent predictors of mortality. PFS at 1-3-5 years were 65.9%, 40.3%, 24.3% for SURG and 21.6%, 3.5%, 2.9% for SOR (P = 0.007). CONCLUSIONS: In BCLC C patients without extrahepatic spread but with intrahepatic portal invasion, liver resection, if feasible, was followed by better OS and PFS compared with sorafenib.
Published: 2022

15. Curative therapies are superior to standard of care (transarterial chemoembolization) for intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Pecorelli, Anna, Lenzi, Barbara, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Garuti, Francesca, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo G., Ciccarese, Francesca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Borzio, Franco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Felder, Martina, Morisco, Filomena, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Foschi, Francesco G., Biasini, Elisabetta, Masotto, Alberto, Virdone, Roberto, Bernardi, Mauro, Trevisani, Franco, Bolondi, Luigi, Biselli, Maurizio, Bucci, Laura, Caraceni, Paolo, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Domenicali, Marco, Magalotti, Donatella, Serra, Carla, Venerandi, Laura, Giacomin, Anna, Maddalo, Gemma, Pozzan, Caterina, Vani, Veronica, Poggio, Paolo Del, Olmi, Stefano, Balsamo, Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Benvegnù, Luisa, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Bosco, Giulia, Roselli, Paola, DellʼIsola, Serena, Ialungo, Anna Maria, Bruzzone, Linda, Picciotto, Antonino, Marenco, Simona, Risso, Domenico, Sammito, Giorgio, Savarino, Vincenzo, Cammà, Calogero, Maida, Marcello, Costantino, Andrea, Barcellona, Maria Rosa, Affronti, Andrea, Mega, Andrea, Rinninella, Emanuele, Mismas, Valeria, Cappa, Federica Mirici, DallʼAglio, Anna Chiara, Feletti, Valentina, Lanzi, Arianna, Neri, Elga, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Tamberi, Stefano, Missale, Gabriele, Porro, Emanuela, Guarino, Maria, Gemini, Stefano, and Schiadà, Laura
Published: 2017
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16. The evolutionary scenario of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy: an update

Author: Bucci, Laura, Garuti, Francesca, Lenzi, Barbara, Pecorelli, Anna, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo G., Granito, Alessandro, Ciccarese, Francesca, Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Borzio, Franco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cammà, Calogero, Virdone, Roberto, Marra, Fabio, Felder, Martina, Morisco, Filomena, Benvegnù, Luisa, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati‐Baroni, Gianluca, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Missale, Gabriele, Masotto, Alberto, Nardone, Gerardo, Colecchia, Antonio, Bernardi, Mauro, Trevisani, Franco, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Domenicali, Marco, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Magalotti, Donatella, Napoli, Lucia, Negrini, Giulia, Piscaglia, Fabio, Serra, Carla, Tovoli, Francesco, Marafatto, Filippo, Murer, Francesca, Peserico, Giulia, Pozzan, Caterina, Vanin, Veronica, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, Picciotto, Antonino, Savarino, Vincenzo, Poggio, Paolo Del, Olmi, Stefano, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Balsamo, Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Roselli, Paola, Dell’Isola, Serena, Ialungo, Anna Maria, Rastrelli, Elena, Barcellona, Maria Rosa, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Costantino, Andrea, Maida, Marcello, Affronti, Andrea, Mega, Andrea, Rinninella, Emanuele, Mismas, Valeria, Dall’Aglio, Anna Chiara, Feletti, Valentina, Lanzi, Arianna, Cappa, Federica Mirici, Neri, Elga, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Tamberi, Stefano, Biasini, Elisabetta, Porro, Emanuela, Guarino, Maria, Gemini, Stefano, Schiadà, Laura, Chiaramonte, Maria, Marchetti, Fabiana, Valerio, Matteo, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Coccoli, Piero, Zamparelli, Marco Sanduzzi, Aburas, Sami, and Inghilesi, Andrea Lorenzo
Published: 2017
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17. Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in patients with curative resection or ablation: impact of HCV eradication does not depend on the use of interferon

Author: Petta, S., Cabibbo, G., Barbara, M., Attardo, S., Bucci, L., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Tovoli, F., Ciccarese, F., Rapaccini, G. L., Di Marco, M., Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Borzio, F., Sacco, R., Virdone, R., Marra, F., Felder, M., Morisco, F., Benvegnù, L., Gasbarrini, A., Svegliati‐Baroni, G., Foschi, F. G., Olivani, A., Masotto, A., Nardone, G., Colecchia, A., Persico, M., Boccaccio, V., Craxì, A., Bruno, S., Trevisani, F., Cammà, C., Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Domenicali, Marco, Piscaglia, Fabio, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Granito, Alessandro, Magalotti, Donatella, Serra, Carla, Negrini, Giulia, Napoli, L., Napoli, Lucia, Salvatore, Veronica, Benevento, Francesca, Gazzola, Alessia, Murer, Francesca, Pozzan, Caterina, Vanin, Veronica, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, Picciotto, Antonino, Savarino, Vincenzo, Poggio, Paolo Del, Olmi, Stefano, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Balsamo, Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Roselli, Paola, DellʼIsola, Serena, Ialungo, Anna Maria, Rastrelli, Elena, Rini, Francesca, Costantino, Andrea, Affronti, Andrea, Affronti, Marco, Mascari, Marta, Mega, Andrea, Pompili, Maurizio, Rinninella, Emanuele, Mismas, Valeria, DallʼAglio, Anna Chiara, Feletti, Valentina, Lanzi, Arianna, Cappa, Federica Mirici, Neri, Elga, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Tamberi, Stefano, Biasini, Elisabetta, Missale, Gabriele, Guarino, Maria, Ortolani, Alessio, Chiaramonte, Maria, Marchetti, Fabiana, Valerio, Matteo, Aburas, Sami, Inghilesi, Andrea L., Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Coccoli, Piero, and Zamparelli, Marco Sanduzzi
Published: 2017
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18. Material deprivation affects the management and clinical outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma in a high-resource environment

Author: Cucchetti, Alessandro, primary, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, additional, Johnson, Philip, additional, Giannini, Edoardo G., additional, Tovoli, Francesco, additional, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, additional, Marra, Fabio, additional, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, additional, Caturelli, Eugenio, additional, Gasbarrini, Antonio, additional, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, additional, Sacco, Rodolfo, additional, Zoli, Marco, additional, Morisco, Filomena, additional, Di Marco, Maria, additional, Mega, Andrea, additional, Foschi, Francesco G., additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Masotto, Alberto, additional, Nardone, Gerardo, additional, Raimondo, Giovanni, additional, Azzaroli, Francesco, additional, Vidili, Gianpaolo, additional, Brunetto, Maurizia R., additional, Farinati, Fabio, additional, Trevisani, Franco, additional, Avanzato, Francesca, additional, Biselli, Maurizio, additional, Caraceni, Paolo, additional, Garuti, Francesca, additional, Neri, Andrea, additional, Santi, Valentina, additional, Pellizzaro, Filippo, additional, Imondi, Angela, additional, Sartori, Anna, additional, Penzo, Barbara, additional, Sanmarco, Ambra, additional, Granito, Alessandro, additional, Muratori, Luca, additional, Piscaglia, Fabio, additional, Sansone, Vito, additional, Forgione, Antonella, additional, Dajti, Elton, additional, Marasco, Giovanni, additional, Ravaioli, Federico, additional, Cappelli, Alberta, additional, Golfieri, Rita, additional, Mosconi, Cristina, additional, Renzulli, Matteo, additional, Cela, Ester Marina, additional, Facciorusso, Antonio, additional, Cacciato, Valentina, additional, Casagrande, Edoardo, additional, Moscatelli, Alessandro, additional, Pellegatta, Gaia, additional, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, additional, Allegrini, Gloria, additional, Lauria, Valentina, additional, Ghittoni, Giorgia, additional, Pelecca, Giorgio, additional, Chegai, Fabrizio, additional, Coratella, Fabio, additional, Ortenzi, Mariano, additional, Missale, Gabriele, additional, Olivani, Andrea, additional, Inno, Alessandro, additional, Marchetti, Fabiana, additional, Busacca, Anita, additional, Cammà, Calogero, additional, Di Martino, Vincenzo, additional, Maria Rizzo, Giacomo Emanuele, additional, Franzè, Maria Stella, additional, Saitta, Carlo, additional, Sauchella, Assunta, additional, Berardinelli, Dante, additional, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, additional, Borghi, Alberto, additional, Gardini, Andrea Casadei, additional, Conti, Fabio, additional, Dall'Aglio, Anna Chiara, additional, Ercolani, Giorgio, additional, Adotti, Valentina, additional, Arena, Umberto, additional, Di Bonaventura, Chiara, additional, Campani, Claudia, additional, Dragoni, Gabriele, additional, Gitto, Stefano, additional, Laffi, Giacomo, additional, Coccoli, Pietro, additional, Malerba, Antonio, additional, Guarino, Maria, additional, Capasso, Maria, additional, Oliveri, Filippo, additional, and Romagnoli, Veronica, additional
Published: 2021
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19. Comparison between alcohol- and hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma: clinical presentation, treatment and outcome

Author: Bucci, L., Garuti, F., Camelli, V., Lenzi, B., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Ciccarese, F., Piscaglia, F., Rapaccini, G. L., Di Marco, M., Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Borzio, F., Sacco, R., Maida, M., Felder, M., Morisco, F., Gasbarrini, A., Gemini, S., Foschi, F. G., Missale, G., Masotto, A., Affronti, A., Bernardi, M., Trevisani, F., Bolondi, Luigi, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Domenicali, Marco, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Magalotti, Donatella, Pecorelli, Anna, Serra, Carla, Venerandi, Laura, Gazzola, Alessia, Murer, Francesca, Pozzan, Caterina, Vanin, Veronica, Poggio, Paolo Del, Olmi, Stefano, Balsamo, Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Benvegnù, Luisa, Capelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Roselli, Paola, Isola, Serena, Ialungo, Anna Maria, Rastrelli, Elena, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pelagatta, Gaia, Picciotto, Antonino, Savarino, Vincenzo, Barcellona, Maria Rosa, Cammà, Calogero, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Costantino, Andrea, Virdone, Roberto, Mega, Andrea, Rinninella, Emanuele, Mismas, Valeria, DallʼAglio, Anna Chiara, Feletti, Valentina, Lanzi, Arianna, Cappa, Federica Mirici, Neri, Elga, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Tamberi, Stefano, Biasini, Elisabetta, Porro, Emanuela, Guarino, Maria, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Schiadà, Laura, Chiaramonte, Maria, Marchetti, Fabiana, and Valerio, Matteo
Published: 2016
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20. Potential feasibility of atezolizumab-bevacizumab therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors.

Author: Stefanini, Benedetta, Bucci, Laura, Santi, Valentina, Reggidori, Nicola, Rampoldi, Davide, Lani, Lorenzo, Granito, Alessandro, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Farinati, Fabio, Campani, Claudia, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Raimondo, Giovanni, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Mega, Andrea, Biasini, Elisabetta, Sacco, Rodolfo, Morisco, Filomena, and Caturelli, Eugenio
Abstract: The combination of atezolizumab-bevacizumab has been proven to be superior to sorafenib for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma not amenable to locoregional treatments, becoming the standard of care of systemic therapy. This study aimed at assessing real-world feasibility of atezolizumab-bevacizumab in patients treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors. Among 1447 patients treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors from January 2010 to December 2020, we assessed the percentage of those potentially eligible to atezolizumab-bevacizumab (according to IMbrave-150 trial criteria), and the overall survival of eligible and non-eligible patients. 422 (29%) patients were qualified for atezolizumab-bevacizumab therapy. The main exclusion causes were Child-Pugh class and Performance Status. Adopting the more permissive inclusion criteria of SHARP trial, 535 patients became eligible. The median overall survival of tyrosine-kinase inhibitors patients was 14.9 months, longer in eligible patients than in their counterpart due to better baseline liver function and oncological features. Real-world data indicate that less than one-third of hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors are potentially eligible to atezolizumab-bevacizumab according to the registration trial criteria. These patients have a longer survival than the non-eligible ones. If the selection criteria of atezolizumab-bevacizumab trial are maintained in clinical practice, tyrosine-kinase inhibitors will remain the most used systemic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2022
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21. Antiviral Intrahepatic T-Cell Responses Can Be Restored by Blocking Programmed Death-1 Pathway in Chronic Hepatitis B

Author: Fisicaro, Paola, Valdatta, Caterina, Massari, Marco, Loggi, Elisabetta, Biasini, Elisabetta, Sacchelli, Luca, Cavallo, Maria Cristina, Silini, Enrico M., Andreone, Pietro, Missale, Gabriele, and Ferrari, Carlo
Published: 2010
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22. Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Applicability of First-Line Atezolizumab/Bevacizumab in a Real-Life Setting

Author: Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, primary, Lai, Quirino, additional, Piscaglia, Fabio, additional, Caturelli, Eugenio, additional, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Pelizzaro, Filippo, additional, Marra, Fabio, additional, Trevisani, Franco, additional, and Giannini, Edoardo G., additional
Published: 2021
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23. Intratumor Regulatory Noncytotoxic NK Cells in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Author: Zecca, Alessandra, primary, Barili, Valeria, additional, Rizzo, Danila, additional, Olivani, Andrea, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Laccabue, Diletta, additional, Dalla Valle, Raffaele, additional, Ferrari, Carlo, additional, Cariani, Elisabetta, additional, and Missale, Gabriele, additional
Published: 2021
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24. Identification of Clinical Phenotypes and Related Survival in Patients with Large HCCs

Author: Carr, Brian I., primary, Guerra, Vito, additional, Donghia, Rossella, additional, Farinati, Fabio, additional, Giannini, Edoardo G., additional, Muratori, Luca, additional, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, additional, Di Marco, Maria, additional, Caturelli, Eugenio, additional, Zoli, Marco, additional, Sacco, Rodolfo, additional, Celsa, Ciro, additional, Campani, Claudia, additional, Mega, Andrea, additional, Guarino, Maria, additional, Gasbarrini, Antonio, additional, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, additional, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Masotto, Alberto, additional, Nardone, Gerardo, additional, Raimondo, Giovanni, additional, Azzaroli, Francesco, additional, Vidili, Gianpaolo, additional, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, additional, and Trevisani, Franco, additional
Published: 2021
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25. Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Complicating Liver Cirrhosis: Utility of Repeat Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy after Unsuccessful First Sampling

Author: Caturelli, Eugenio, Biasini, Elisabetta, Bartolucci, Francesca, Facciorusso, Domenico, Decembrino, Francesco, Attino, Vito, and Bisceglia, Michele
Published: 2002
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26. NK-cell dysfunction in hepatocellular carcinoma: modulatory approches for functional restoration

Author: Zecca, Alessandra, primary, Barili, Valeria, additional, Dalla Valle, Raffaelle, additional, Rizzo, Danila, additional, Olivani, Andrea, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Ferrari, Carlo, additional, Cariani, Elisabetta, additional, and Missale, Gabriele, additional
Published: 2020
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27. Development and Validation of a New Prognostic System for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Author: Farinati, Fabio, Vitale, Alessandro, Spolverato, Gaya, Pawlik, Timothy M., Huo, Teh-la, Lee, Yun-Hsuan, Frigo, Anna Chiara, Giacomin, Anna, Giannini, Edoardo G., Ciccarese, Francesca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico, Di Marco, Mariella, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Borzio, Franco, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Felder, Martina, Sacco, Rodolfo, Morisco, Filomena, Biasini, Elisabetta, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati Baroni, Gianluca, Virdone, Roberto, Masotto, Alberto, Trevisani, Franco, and Cillo, Umberto
Subjects: Glycoproteins -- Physiological aspects -- Research, Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Prognosis -- Care and treatment -- Research, Biological sciences
Abstract: Background Prognostic assessment in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. Using the Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) database as a training set, we sought to develop and validate a new prognostic system for patients with HCC. Methods and Findings Prospective collected databases from Italy (training cohort, n = 3,628; internal validation cohort, n = 1,555) and Taiwan (external validation cohort, n = 2,651) were used to develop the ITA.LI.CA prognostic system. We first defined ITA.LI.CA stages (0, A, B1, B2, B3, C) using only tumor characteristics (largest tumor diameter, number of nodules, intra- and extrahepatic macroscopic vascular invasion, extrahepatic metastases). A parametric multivariable survival model was then used to calculate the relative prognostic value of ITA.LI.CA tumor stage, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status, Child-Pugh score (CPS), and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in predicting individual survival. Based on the model results, an ITA.LI.CA integrated prognostic score (from 0 to 13 points) was constructed, and its prognostic power compared with that of other integrated systems (BCLC, HKLC, MESIAH, CLIP, JIS). Median follow-up was 58 mo for Italian patients (interquartile range, 26-106 mo) and 39 mo for Taiwanese patients (interquartile range, 12-61 mo). The ITA.LI.CA integrated prognostic score showed optimal discrimination and calibration abilities in Italian patients. Observed median survival in the training and internal validation sets was 57 and 61 mo, respectively, in quartile 1 (ITA.LI.CA score [less than or equal to] 1), 43 and 38 mo in quartile 2 (ITA.LI.CA score 2-3), 23 and 23 mo in quartile 3 (ITA.LI.CA score 4-5), and 9 and 8 mo in quartile 4 (ITA.LI.CA score > 5). Observed and predicted median survival in the training and internal validation sets largely coincided. Although observed and predicted survival estimations were significantly lower (log-rank test, p < 0.001) in Italian than in Taiwanese patients, the ITA.LI.CA score maintained very high discrimination and calibration features also in the external validation cohort. The concordance index (C index) of the ITA.LI.CA score in the internal and external validation cohorts was 0.71 and 0.78, respectively. The ITA.LI.CA score's prognostic ability was significantly better (p < 0.001) than that of BCLC stage (respective C indexes of 0.64 and 0.73), CLIP score (0.68 and 0.75), JIS stage (0.67 and 0.70), MESIAH score (0.69 and 0.77), and HKLC stage (0.68 and 0.75). The main limitations of this study are its retrospective nature and the intrinsically significant differences between the Taiwanese and Italian groups. Conclusions The ITA.LI.CA prognostic system includes both a tumor staging-stratifying patients with HCC into six main stages (0, A, B1, B2, B3, and C)-and a prognostic score-integrating ITA.LI.CA tumor staging, CPS, ECOG performance status, and AFP. The ITA.LI.CA prognostic system shows a strong ability to predict individual survival in European and Asian populations., Author(s): Fabio Farinati 1, Alessandro Vitale 1,*, Gaya Spolverato 1, Timothy M. Pawlik 2, Teh-la Huo 3,4, Yun-Hsuan Lee 3,4, Anna Chiara Frigo 5, Anna Giacomin 1, Edoardo G. Giannini [...]
Published: 2016
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28. Hepatectomy Versus Sorafenib in Advanced Nonmetastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Author: Famularo, Simone, Donadon, Matteo, Cipriani, Federica, Giuliante, Felice, Ferri, Silvia, Celsa, Ciro, Ferrero, Alessandro, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Valle, Raffaele Dalla, Pellizzaro, Filippo, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Raimondo, Giovanni, Mega, Andrea, Chiarelli, Marco, Maestri, Marcello, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Jovine, Elio, Grazi, Gian Luca, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Ruzzenente, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Sacco, Rodolfo, Memeo, Riccardo, Crespi, Michele, Antonucci, Adelmo, Bernasconi, Davide P., Romano, Fabrizio, Griseri, Guido, Aldrighetti, Luca, Torzilli, Guido, and Trevisani, Franco
Published: 2022
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29. A meta-analysis of single HCV-untreated arm of studies evaluating outcomes after curative treatments of HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Petta, Salvatore, Barbã ra, Marco, Missale, Gabriele, Virdone, Roberto, Caturelli, Eugenio, Piscaglia, Fabio, Morisco, Filomena, Colecchia, Antonio, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo, Trevisani, Franco, Craxã¬, Antonio, Colombo, Massimo, Cammã , Calogero, Bucci, Laura, Zoli, Marco, Garuti, Francesca, Lenzi, Barbara, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Granito, Alessandro, Magalotti, Donatella, Serra, Carla, Negrini, Giulia, Napoli, Lucia, Salvatore, Veronica, Benevento, Francesca, Benvegnã¹, Luisa, Gazzola, Alessia, Murer, Francesca, Pozzan, Caterina, Vanin, Veronica, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, Picciotto, Antonino, Savarino, Vincenzo, Ciccarese, Francesca, Del Poggio, Paolo, Olmi, Stefano, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Balsamo, Mariella Di Marco Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Roselli, Paola, Dellâ€™Isola, Serena, Ialungo, Anna Maria, Rastrelli, Elena, Attardo, Simona, Rossi, Margherita, Costantino, Andrea, Affronti, Andrea, Affronti, Marco, Mascari, Marta, Felder, Martina, Mega, Andrea, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Pompili, Maurizio, Rinninella, Emanuele, Sacco, Rodolfo, Mismas, Valeria, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Dallâ€™Aglio, Anna Chiara, Feletti, Valentina, Lanzi, Arianna, Cappa, Federica Mirici, Neri, Elga, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Tamberi, Stefano, Olivani, Andrea, Biasini, Elisabetta, Nardone, Gerardo, Guarino, Maria, Svegliati-Baroni, Gialuca, Ortolani, Alessio, Masotto, Alberto, Marchetti, Fabiana, Valerio, Matteo, Marra, Fabio, Aburas, Sami, Inghilesi, Andrea L, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, MARIA CRISTINA, Renzulli, Matteo, Coccoli, Piero, Zamparelli, Marco Sanduzzi, Benvegnu', Luisa, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Petta, Salvatore, Barbàra, Marco, Missale, Gabriele, Virdone, Roberto, Caturelli, Eugenio, Piscaglia, Fabio, Morisco, Filomena, Colecchia, Antonio, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo, Trevisani, Franco, Craxì, Antonio, Colombo, Massimo, Cammà, Calogero, Nardone, GERARDO ANTONIO PIO, Cabibbo, G., Petta, S., Barbara, M., Missale, G., Virdone, R., Caturelli, E., Piscaglia, F., Morisco, F., Colecchia, A., Farinati, F., Giannini, E., Trevisani, F., Craxi, A., Colombo, M., Camma, C., Bucci, L., Zoli, M., Garuti, F., Lenzi, B., Biselli, M., Caraceni, P., Cucchetti, A., Gramenzi, A., Granito, A., Magalotti, D., Serra, C., Negrini, G., Napoli, L., Salvatore, V., Benevento, F., Benvegnu, L., Gazzola, A., Murer, F., Pozzan, C., Vanin, V., Moscatelli, A., Pellegatta, G., Picciotto, A., Savarino, V., Ciccarese, F., Del Poggio, P., Olmi, S., de Matthaeis, N., Balsamo, M. D. M. C., Vavassori, E., Roselli, P., Dell'Isola, S., Ialungo, A. M., Rastrelli, E., Attardo, S., Rossi, M., Costantino, A., Affronti, A., Affronti, M., Mascari, M., Felder, M., Mega, A., Gasbarrini, A., Pompili, M., Rinninella, E., Sacco, R., Mismas, V., Foschi, F. G., Dall'Aglio, A. C., Feletti, V., Lanzi, A., Cappa, F. M., Neri, E., Stefanini, G. F., Tamberi, S., Olivani, A., Biasini, E., Nardone, G., Guarino, M., Svegliati-Baroni, G., Ortolani, A., Masotto, A., Marchetti, F., Valerio, M., Marra, F., Aburas, S., Inghilesi, A. L., Cappelli, A., Golfieri, R., Mosconi, C., Renzulli, M., Coccoli, P., Zamparelli, M. S., Barbã ra, Marco, Craxã¬, Antonio, Cammã , Calogero, Bucci, Laura, Zoli, Marco, Garuti, Francesca, Lenzi, Barbara, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Granito, Alessandro, Magalotti, Donatella, Serra, Carla, Negrini, Giulia, Napoli, Lucia, Salvatore, Veronica, Benevento, Francesca, Benvegnã¹, Luisa, Gazzola, Alessia, Murer, Francesca, Pozzan, Caterina, Vanin, Veronica, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, Picciotto, Antonino, Savarino, Vincenzo, Ciccarese, Francesca, Del Poggio, Paolo, Olmi, Stefano, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Balsamo, Mariella Di Marco Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Roselli, Paola, Dellâ isola, Serena, Ialungo, Anna Maria, Rastrelli, Elena, Attardo, Simona, Rossi, Margherita, Costantino, Andrea, Affronti, Andrea, Affronti, Marco, Mascari, Marta, Felder, Martina, Mega, Andrea, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Pompili, Maurizio, Rinninella, Emanuele, Sacco, Rodolfo, Mismas, Valeria, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Dallâ aglio, Anna Chiara, Feletti, Valentina, Lanzi, Arianna, Federica Mirici, Cappa, Neri, Elga, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Tamberi, Stefano, Olivani, Andrea, Biasini, Elisabetta, Nardone, Gerardo, Guarino, Maria, Svegliati-Baroni, Gialuca, Ortolani, Alessio, Masotto, Alberto, Marchetti, Fabiana, Valerio, Matteo, Marra, Fabio, Aburas, Sami, Inghilesi, Andrea L, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Coccoli, Piero, Zamparelli, Marco Sanduzzi, Camma', C., Benvegnã¹, L., Balsamo, M., Dellâ€™Isola, S., Ialungo, A., Foschi, F., Dallâ€™Aglio, A., Cappa, F., Stefanini, G., Inghilesi, A., and Zamparelli, M.
Subjects: Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, recurrence, Hepatitis C virus, medicine.medical_treatment, medicine.disease_cause, survival, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, medicine, Adjuvant therapy, hepatocellular carcinoma, prognosis, recurrences, Humans, Survival analysis, Hepatology, business.industry, Liver Neoplasms, medicine.disease, Hepatitis C, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Meta-analysis, Hepatocellular carcinoma, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, business, Adjuvant, prognosi
Abstract: Background & Aims: Determining risk for recurrence or survival after curative resection or ablation in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is important for stratifying patients according to expected outcomes in future studies of adjuvant therapy in the era of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). The aims of this meta-analysis were to estimate the recurrence and survival probabilities of HCV-related early HCC following complete response after potentially curative treatment and to identify predictors of recurrence and survival. Methods: Studies reporting time-dependent outcomes (HCC recurrence or death) after potentially curative treatment of HCV-related early HCC were identified in MEDLINE through May 2016. Data on patient populations and outcomes were extracted from each study by three independent observers and combined using a distribution-free summary survival curve. Primary outcomes were actuarial probabilities of recurrence and survival. Results: Eleven studies met the inclusion criteria. Pooled estimates of actuarial recurrence rates were 7.4% at 6months and 47.0% at 2years. Pooled estimates of actuarial survival rates were 79.8% at 3years and 58.6% at 5years. Heterogeneity among studies was highly significant for all outcomes. By univariate meta-regression analyses, lower serum albumin, randomized controlled trial study design and follow-up were independently associated with higher recurrence risk, whereas tumour size and alpha-foetoprotein levels were associated with higher mortality. Conclusions: This meta-analysis showed that recurrence risk and survival are extremely variable in patients with successfully treated HCV-related HCC, providing a useful benchmark for indirect comparisons of the benefits of DAAs and for a correct design of randomized controlled trials in the adjuvant setting.
Published: 2017

30. Diagnosis of liver nodules observed in chronic liver disease patients during ultrasound screening for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Caturelli, Eugenio, Bartolucci, Francesca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Vigliotti, Maria Luigia, Andriulli, Angelo, Siena, Domenico Angelo, Attino, Vito, and Bisceglia, Michele
Published: 2002
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31. Time-Varying mHAP-III Is the Most Accurate Predictor of Survival in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Transarterial Chemoembolization.

Author: Campani, Claudia, Vitale, Alessandro, Dragoni, Gabriele, Arena, Umberto, Laffi, Giacomo, Cillo, Umberto, Giannini, Edoardo G., Tovoli, Francesco, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Mega, Andrea, Guarino, Maria, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, and Biasini, Elisabetta
Subjects: CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, LIVER cancer, LIKELIHOOD ratio tests, AKAIKE information criterion, ABLATION techniques
Abstract: Introduction: The prognosis of patients undergoing transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is extremely variable, and a confounding factor is that TACE is often repeated several times. We retrospectively evaluated the accuracy of different prognostic scores and staging systems in estimating overall survival (OS) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: An analysis considering prognostic models as time-varying variables was performed, calculating OS from the time of TACE to the time of the subsequent treatment. Total follow-up time for each patient was therefore split into several observation times accounting for each TACE procedure. Values of the likelihood ratio test (LRT) and Akaike information criterion (AIC) were used to compare different systems. Univariable and multivariable analyses were conducted to identify additional factors predictive of OS. We analyzed 1,610 TACE performed in 1,058 patients recorded in the Italian Liver Cancer database from 2008 through 2016. Results: The median OS of the enrolled patients was 41 months. According to LRT χ2 and AIC values based on the time-varying analysis, mHAP-III achieved the best values (41.72 and 4,625.49, respectively, p < 0.0001), indicating the highest predictive performance compared with all other scores (HAP, mHAP-II, ALBI, and pALBI) and staging systems (MELD, ITALICA, CLIP, MESH, MESIAH, JIS, HKLC, and BCLC). In the multivariable Cox proportional hazards model, mHAPIII maintained an independent effect on OS (hazard ratio 1.31, 95% CI: 1.10--1.55, p < 0.0001). Time-varying age, alcoholic etiology, radiologic response to TACE, and performing ablation or surgery after TACE were additional significant variables resulting from the multivariable model. Conclusion: An innovative time-varying analysis revealed that mHAP-III was the most accurate model in predicting OS in patients with HCC undergoing TACE. Other clinical pre- and post-TACE variables were also found to be relevant for this prediction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2021
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32. Neoplastic macrovascular invasion represents an independent risk factor for dismal survival in sorafenib treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Lecchini, Michele, primary, Olivani, Andrea, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Dalla Valle, Raffaele, additional, Ferrari, Carlo, additional, Missale, Gabriele, additional, and Schianchi, Claudia, additional
Published: 2017
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33. Correlation between LDH levels and response to sorafenib in HCC patients: an analysis of the ITA.LI.CA database

Author: Sacco, Rodolfo, Mismas, Valeria, Granito, Alessandro, Musettini, Gianna, Masi, Gianluca, Caparello, Chiara, Vivaldi, Caterina, Felder, Martina, Bresci, Giampaolo, Fornaro, Lorenzo, Trevisani, Franco, Bernardi, Mauro, Bolondi, Luigi, Piscaglia, Fabio, Zoli, Marco, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Domenicali, Marco, Frigerio, Marta, Erroi, Virginia, Garuti, Francesca, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Lenzi, Barbara, Magalotti, Donatella, Pecorelli, Anna, Venerandi, Laura, Farinati, Fabio, Giacomin, Anna, Vanin, Veronica, Pozzan, Caterina, Maddalo, Gemma, Ciccarese, Francesca, Del Poggio, Paolo, Olmi, Stefano, Di Marco, Mariella, Balsamo, Claudia, Di Nolfo, Maria Anna, Vavassori, Elena, Alberti, Alfredo, Benvegnã¹, Luisa, Gatta, Angelo, Gios, Maurizio, Golfieri, Rita, Giampalma, Emanuela, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico, Bosco, Giulia, Caturelli, Eugenio, Roselli, Paola, Dellâisola, Serena, Ialungo, Anna Maria, Giannini, Edoardo G., Risso, Domenico, Marenco, Simona, Bruzzone, Linda, Savarino, Vincenzo, Picciotto, Antonino, Chiaramonte, Maria, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Cammã , Calogero, Maida, Marcello, Di Martino, Arezia, Barcellona, Maria Rosa, Mega, Andrea, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Rinninella, Emanuele, Rotella, Virginia, Ginanni, Barbara, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Lanzi, Arianna, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Dallâaglio, Anna Chiara, Cappa, Federica Mirici, Neri, Elga, Bassi, Paolo, Zanotti, Miriam, Missale, Gabriele, Biasini, Elisabetta, Porro, Emanuela, Morisco, Filomena, Guarino, Maria, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Schiadã , Laura, Gemini, Stefano, Borzio, Francesco, Virdone, Roberto, Rodolfo Sacco, Valeria Misma, Alessandro Granito, Gianna Musettini, Gianluca Masi, Chiara Caparello, Caterina Vivaldi, Martina Felder, Giampaolo Bresci, Lorenzo Fornaro, for the Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) group: [.., Franco Trevisani, Mauro Bernardi, Luigi Bolondi, Fabio Piscaglia, Marco Zoli, Maurizio Biselli, Paolo Caraceni, Alessandro Cucchetti, Marco Domenicali, Marta Frigerio, Virginia Erroi, Francesca Garuti, Annagiulia Gramenzi, Barbara Lenzi, Donatella Magalotti, Anna Pecorelli, Laura Venerandi, Rita Golfieri, Emanuela Giampalma, Cristina Mosconi, Matteo Renzulli, and ]
Subjects: Oncology, Male, Pathology, Cancer Research, Clinical Biochemistry, Drug Resistance, L-Lactate dehydrogenase, Biomarkers, HCC, LDH, Sorafenib, Aged, Antineoplastic Agents, Biomarkers, Tumor, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Female, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, L-Lactate Dehydrogenase, Liver Neoplasms, Middle Aged, Niacinamide, Phenylurea Compounds, ROC Curve, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, 2734, Antineoplastic Agent, Retrospective Studie, Neoplasm, Tumor, Liver Neoplasm, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Human, medicine.drug, Phenylurea Compound, medicine.medical_specialty, Sorafenib treatment, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Text mining, Internal medicine, medicine, Carcinoma, neoplasms, business.industry, Retrospective cohort study, Hepatocellular, Biomarker, medicine.disease, digestive system diseases, business
Abstract: Background Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is a predictor of clinical outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. However, its predictive role in the clinical outcomes of sorafenib treatment has been poorly documented. The correlation between LDH levels and clinical outcomes in HCC patients treated with sorafenib and included in the nationwide Italian database ITA.LI.CA was investigated here. Patients and Methods The ITA.LI.CA database contains data for 5,136 HCC patients. All patients treated with sorafenib treatment and with available LDH values were considered. Overall survival (OS) and time to progression (TTP) were compared in patients with LDH levels above and below a defined threshold, determined through an ROC analysis. An explorative analysis investigated the relationship between the variation of LDH levels during treatment and response to sorafenib. Results Baseline LDH levels were available for 97 patients. The most accurate cutoff value for LDH concentration was 297 U/L. Patients with LDH values above (n=45) and below (n=52) this threshold showed equal OS (12.0 months) and TTP (4.0 months) values. Data on LDH levels during sorafenib treatment were reported for 10 patients. LDH values decreased in 3 patients (mean difference = -219 U/L) who also reported a prolonged OS and TTP versus those with unmodified/increased LDH (OS: NE (not evaluated) vs. 8.0 months, p=0.0083; TTP: 19.0 vs. 3.0 months, p=0.008). Conclusions The clinical benefits of sorafenib do not seem to be influenced by baseline LDH. According to the results of an explorative analysis, however, a decreased LDH concentration during sorafenib might be associated with improved clinical outcomes.
Published: 2015

34. Curative therapies are superior to standard of care (transarterial chemoembolization) for intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Pecorelli, Anna, Lenzi, Barbara, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Garuti, Francesca, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo G., Ciccarese, Francesca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Borzio, Franco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Felder, Martina, Morisco, Filomena, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Foschi, Francesco G., Biasini, Elisabetta, Masotto, Alberto, Virdone, Roberto, Bernardi, Mauro, Trevisani, Franco, Gasbarrini, Antonio (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), Pecorelli, Anna, Lenzi, Barbara, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Garuti, Francesca, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo G., Ciccarese, Francesca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Borzio, Franco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Felder, Martina, Morisco, Filomena, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Foschi, Francesco G., Biasini, Elisabetta, Masotto, Alberto, Virdone, Roberto, Bernardi, Mauro, Trevisani, Franco, and Gasbarrini, Antonio (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823)
Abstract: Background & Aims: The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer intermediate stage (BCLC-B) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) includes extremely heterogeneous patients in terms of tumour burden and liver function. Transarterial-chemoembolization (TACE) is the first-line treatment for these patients although it may be risky/useless for someone, while others could undergo curative treatments. This study assesses the treatment type performed in a large cohort of BCLC-B patients and its outcome. Methods: Retrospective analysis of 485 consecutive BCLC-B patients from the ITA.LI.CA database diagnosed with naïve HCC after 1999. Patients were stratified by treatment. Results: 29 patients (6%) were lost to follow-up before receiving treatment. Treatment distribution was: TACE (233, 51.1%), curative treatments (145 patients, 31.8%), sorafenib (18, 3.9%), other (39, 8.5%), best supportive care (BSC) (21, 4.6%). Median survival (95% CI) was 45 months (37.4-52.7) for curative treatments, 30 (24.7-35.3) for TACE, 14 (10.5-17.5) for sorafenib, 14 (5.2-22.7) for other treatments and 10 (6.0-14.2) for BSC (P<.0001). Independent prognosticators were gender and treatment. Curative treatments reduced mortality (HR 0.197, 95%CI: 0.098-0.395) more than TACE (HR 0.408, 95%CI: 0.211-0.789) (P<.0001) as compared with BSC. Propensity score matching confirmed the superiority of curative therapies over TACE. Conclusions: In everyday practice TACE represents the first-line therapy in an half of patients with naïve BCLC-B HCC since treatment choice is driven not only by liver function and nodule characteristics, but also by contraindications to procedures, comorbidities, age and patient opinion. The treatment type is an independent prognostic factor in BCLC-B patients and curative options offer the best outcome.
Published: 2016

35. Years of life that could be saved from prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Cucchetti, A, Trevisani, F., Bucci, L., Ravaioli, M., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Ciccarese, F., Piscaglia, F., Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, M., Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Borzio, F., Sacco, R., Maida, M., Felder, M., Morisco, F., Gasbarrini, Antonio, Gemini, S., Foschi, F. G., Missale, G., Masotto, A., Affronti, A., Bernardi, M., Pinna, A. D., Bolondi, Luigi, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Domenicali, Marco, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Magalotti, Donatella, Pecorelli, Anna, Serra, Carla, Venerandi, Laura, Gazzola, Alessia, Murer, Francesca, Pozzan, Caterina, Vanin, Veronica, Del Poggio, Paolo, Olmi, Stefano, Balsamo, Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Benvegnù, Luisa, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Bosco, Giulia, Roselli, Paola, Dell'Isola, Serena, Lalungo, Anna Maria, Rastrelli, Elena, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, Picciotto, Antonino, Savarino, Vincenzo, Barcellona, Maria Rosa, Cammà, Calogero, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Costantino, Andrea, Virdone, Roberto, Mega, Andrea, Rinninella, Emanuele, Mismas, Valeria, Dall'Aglio, Anna Chiara, Feletti, Valentina, Lanzi, Arianna, Cappa, Federica Mirici, Neri, Elga, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Tamberi, Stefano, Biasini, Elisabetta, Porro, Emanuela, Guarino, Maria, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Schiadà, Laura, Chiaramonte, Maria, Marchetti, Fabiana, Valerio, Matteo, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), Gasbarrini, Antonio (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), Rinninella, Emanuele (ORCID:0000-0002-9165-2367), Cucchetti, A, Trevisani, F., Bucci, L., Ravaioli, M., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Ciccarese, F., Piscaglia, F., Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, M., Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Borzio, F., Sacco, R., Maida, M., Felder, M., Morisco, F., Gasbarrini, Antonio, Gemini, S., Foschi, F. G., Missale, G., Masotto, A., Affronti, A., Bernardi, M., Pinna, A. D., Bolondi, Luigi, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Domenicali, Marco, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Magalotti, Donatella, Pecorelli, Anna, Serra, Carla, Venerandi, Laura, Gazzola, Alessia, Murer, Francesca, Pozzan, Caterina, Vanin, Veronica, Del Poggio, Paolo, Olmi, Stefano, Balsamo, Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Benvegnù, Luisa, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Bosco, Giulia, Roselli, Paola, Dell'Isola, Serena, Lalungo, Anna Maria, Rastrelli, Elena, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, Picciotto, Antonino, Savarino, Vincenzo, Barcellona, Maria Rosa, Cammà, Calogero, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Costantino, Andrea, Virdone, Roberto, Mega, Andrea, Rinninella, Emanuele, Mismas, Valeria, Dall'Aglio, Anna Chiara, Feletti, Valentina, Lanzi, Arianna, Cappa, Federica Mirici, Neri, Elga, Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco, Tamberi, Stefano, Biasini, Elisabetta, Porro, Emanuela, Guarino, Maria, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Schiadà, Laura, Chiaramonte, Maria, Marchetti, Fabiana, Valerio, Matteo, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), Gasbarrini, Antonio (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), and Rinninella, Emanuele (ORCID:0000-0002-9165-2367)
Abstract: Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) causes premature death and loss of life expectancy worldwide. Its primary and secondary prevention can result in a significant number of years of life saved. Aim: To assess how many years of life are lost after HCC diagnosis. Methods: Data from 5346 patients with first HCC diagnosis were used to estimate lifespan and number of years of life lost after tumour onset, using a semi-parametric extrapolation having as reference an age-, sex- and year-of-onset-matched population derived from national life tables. Results: Between 1986 and 2014, HCC lead to an average of 11.5 years-of-life lost for each patient. The youngest age-quartile group (18-61 years) had the highest number of years-of-life lost, representing approximately 41% of the overall benefit obtainable from prevention. Advancements in HCC management have progressively reduced the number of years-of-life lost from 12.6 years in 1986-1999, to 10.7 in 2000-2006 and 7.4 years in 2007-2014. Currently, an HCC diagnosis when a single tumour <2 cm results in 3.7 years-of-life lost while the diagnosis when a single tumour ≥2 cm or 2/3 nodules still within the Milan criteria, results in 5.0 years-of-life lost, representing the loss of only approximately 5.5% and 7.2%, respectively, of the entire lifespan from birth. Conclusions: Hepatocellular carcinoma occurrence results in the loss of a considerable number of years-of-life, especially for younger patients. In recent years, the increased possibility of effectively treating this tumour has improved life expectancy, thus reducing years-of-life lost.
Published: 2016

36. Natural killer cells phenotypic characterization as an outcome predictor of HCV-linked HCC after curative treatments

Author: Cariani, Elisabetta, primary, Pilli, Massimo, additional, Barili, Valeria, additional, Porro, Emanuela, additional, Biasini, Elisabetta, additional, Olivani, Andrea, additional, Dalla Valle, Raffaele, additional, Trenti, Tommaso, additional, Ferrari, Carlo, additional, and Missale, Gabriele, additional
Published: 2016
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37. ATL>Diagnosis of liver nodules observed in chronic liver disease patients during ultrasound screening for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Author: Caturelli, Eugenio, Bartolucci, Francesca, Biasini, Elisabetta, Vigliotti, Maria Luigia, Andriulli, Angelo, Siena, Domenico Angelo, Attino, Vito, and Bisceglia, Michele
Subjects: LIVER cancer, INTRAVASCULAR ultrasonography
Abstract: OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was to evaluate the nature of focal liver lesions detected during the ultrasound follow-up of a population (prevalently anti-hepatitis C virus [anti-HCV] positive) with chronic liver disease.METHODS:The study population consisted of 1827 consecutive newly diagnosed chronic liver disease cases without liver nodules at enrollment. Patients were screened at 4-month intervals by ultrasound and serum α-fetoprotein assessment. All lesions detected on imaging studies (except those accompanied by diagnostic α-fetoprotein levels) were subjected to biopsy (histology and cytology).RESULTS:During the 7-yr follow-up period (mean = 43.1 months), one or more solid focal lesions were found in 287 patients. α-Fetoprotein was diagnostic for hepatocellular carcinoma in 51 patients. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy was performed in the remaining 236 patients, yielding a diagnosis in 214: 198 hepatocellular carcinomas, 11 dysplastic nodules, and five B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (all confined to the liver and all in patients with chronic HCV infection). Twenty-two patients with nondiagnostic biopsies received diagnoses of hepatocellular carcinoma (20) or dysplastic nodules (two) based on arteriography or surgical biopsy.CONCLUSIONS:Focal lesions arising in patients with HCV-related chronic liver disease can be other than hepatocellular carcinoma, and ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy plays an important role in their diagnosis. The prevalence of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in this selected population was 0.31%. The fact that all five lymphoma patients had cirrhosis related to hepatitis C strengthens the hypothesis of an etiological correlation between the latter infection and B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Published: 2002
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38. A Nomogram-Based Prognostic Model for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with Sorafenib: A Multicenter Study.

Author: Marasco, Giovanni, Poggioli, Francesco, Colecchia, Antonio, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Giannini, Edoardo Giovanni, Marinelli, Sara, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Caturelli, Eugenio, Di Marco, Mariella, Biasini, Elisabetta, Marra, Fabio, Morisco, Filomena, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Zoli, Marco, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati Baroni, Gianluca, Masotto, Alberto, Sacco, Rodolfo, and Raimondo, Giovanni
Subjects: RESEARCH, LIVER function tests, ALPHA fetoproteins, PREDICTIVE tests, HEMOGLOBINS, FUNCTIONAL status, MEDICAL cooperation, HEALTH status indicators, TREATMENT duration, REGRESSION analysis, SORAFENIB, SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry), PLATELET count, STATISTICAL models, HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma, PROPORTIONAL hazards models, BILIRUBIN, ASPARTATE aminotransferase
Abstract: Simple Summary: Accurate prognostic systems capable of predicting the survival of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing Sorafenib therapy are still lacking. The search for the ideal predictive tool for survival and drug response is justified by the recent availability of several other drugs effective for these patients, licensed as first- and second-line treatment, other than reducing adverse events and costs. In this study, we aimed to identify simple demographic and clinical parameters able to predict survival and Sorafenib response in a large multicenter cohort. In this study, we showed that patient's general status, liver function and damage laboratory parameters and HCC aggressiveness were associated with the outcome of Sorafenib therapy. Two predictive nomograms, helping clinicians in the therapeutic choice, were additionally created. Among scores and staging systems used for HCC, none showed a good prognostic ability in patients with advanced HCC treated with Sorafenib. We aimed to evaluate predictive factors of overall survival (OS) and drug response in HCC patients undergoing Sorafenib included in the Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA.) multicenter cohort. Patients in the ITA.LI.CA database treated with Sorafenib and updated on 30 June 2019 were included. Demographic and clinical data before starting Sorafenib treatment were considered. For the evaluation of predictive factors for OS, a time-dependent Cox proportional hazard model was used. A total of 1107 patients were included in our analysis. The mean age was 64.3 years and 81.7% were male. Most patients were staged as BCLC B (205, 18.9%) or C (706, 65.1%). The median time of Sorafenib administration was 4 months (interquartile range (IQR) 2–12), and the median OS was 10 months (IQR: 4–20). A total of 263 patients (33.8%) out of 780 with available evaluation experienced objective tumoral response to Sorafenib. The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) (hazard ratio (HR) 1.284), maximum tumoral diameter (HR 1.100), plasma total bilirubin (HR 1.119), aspartate amino transferase assessed as multiple of the upper normal value (HR 1.032), alpha-fetoprotein ≥200 ng/mL (HR 1.342), hemoglobin (HR 0.903) and platelet count (HR 1.002) were associated with OS at multivariate Cox regression analysis. Drug response was predicted by maximum tumoral diameter and platelet count. A novel prognostic nomogram for patients undergoing Sorafenib is hereby proposed. The novelty introduced is the comprehensive patient's assessment using common markers of patient's general status, liver damage and function and HCC biology. Further studies are required to test its accuracy and provide external validation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2021
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39. Potential feasibility of atezolizumab-bevacizumab therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors

Author: Benedetta Stefanini, Laura Bucci, Valentina Santi, Nicola Reggidori, Davide Rampoldi, Lorenzo Lani, Alessandro Granito, Angelo Sangiovanni, Giuseppe Cabibbo, Fabio Farinati, Claudia Campani, Francesco Giuseppe Foschi, Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni, Giovanni Raimondo, Antonio Gasbarrini, Andrea Mega, Elisabetta Biasini, Rodolfo Sacco, Filomena Morisco, Eugenio Caturelli, Gianpaolo Vidili, Francesco Azzaroli, Edoardo G. Giannini, Gian Ludovico Rapaccini, Maurizia Rossana Brunetto, Alberto Masotto, Gerardo Nardone, Mariella Di Marco, Donatella Magalotti, Franco Trevisani, Maurizio Biselli, Paolo Caraceni, Annagiulia Gramenzi, Francesco Tovoli, Luca Muratori, Francesca Benevento, Gloria Allegrini, Calogero Cammà, Ciro Celsa, Paolo Giuffrida, Caterina Stornello, Mauro Grova, Carmelo Marco Giacchetto, Gabriele Rancatore, Maria Vittoria Grassini, Valentina Adotti, Stefano Gitto, Fabio Marra, Martina Rosi, Vittoria Bevilacqua, Alberto Borghi, Andrea Casadei Gardini, Fabio Conti, Anna Chiara Dall'Aglio, Giorgio Ercolani, Federica Mirici, Nicoletta de Matthaeis, Francesca Romana Ponziani, Gabriele Missale, Andrea Olivani, Maria Guarino, Valentina Cossiga, Mario Capasso, Ester Marina Cela, Antonio Facciorusso, Valentina Lauria, Giorgia Ghittoni, Giorgio Pelecca, Fabrizio Chegai, Fabio Coratella, Mariano Ortenzi, Serena Dell'Isola, Maria Stella Franzè, Carlo Saitta, Assunta Sauchella, Elton Dajti, Federico Ravaioli, Giulia Pieri, Maria Corina Plaz Torres, Filippo Oliveri, Gabriele Ricco, Veronica Romagnoli, Alessandro Inno, Fabiana Marchetti, Pietro Coccoli, Antonio Malerba, Alberta Cappelli, Rita Golfieri, Cristina Mosconi, null Matteo Renzulli, Stefanini, B., Bucci, L., Santi, V., Reggidori, N., Rampoldi, D., Lani, L., Granito, A., Sangiovanni, A., Cabibbo, G., Farinati, F., Campani, C., Foschi, F. G., Svegliati-Baroni, G., Raimondo, G., Gasbarrini, A., Mega, A., Biasini, E., Sacco, R., Morisco, F., Caturelli, E., Vidili, G., Azzaroli, F., Giannini, E. G., Rapaccini, G. L., Brunetto, M. R., Masotto, A., Nardone, G., Di Marco, M., Magalotti, D., Trevisani, F., Biselli, M., Caraceni, P., Gramenzi, A., Tovoli, F., Muratori, L., Benevento, F., Allegrini, G., Camma, C., Celsa, C., Giuffrida, P., Stornello, C., Grova, M., Giacchetto, C. M., Rancatore, G., Grassini, M. V., Adotti, V., Gitto, S., Marra, F., Rosi, M., Bevilacqua, V., Borghi, A., Gardini, A. C., Conti, F., Dall'Aglio, A. C., Ercolani, G., Mirici, F., de Matthaeis, N., Ponziani, F. R., Missale, G., Olivani, A., Guarino, M., Cossiga, V., Capasso, M., Cela, E. M., Facciorusso, A., Lauria, V., Ghittoni, G., Pelecca, G., Chegai, F., Coratella, F., Ortenzi, M., Dell'Isola, S., Franze, M. S., Saitta, C., Sauchella, A., Dajti, E., Ravaioli, F., Pieri, G., Torres, M. C. P., Oliveri, F., Ricco, G., Romagnoli, V., Inno, A., Marchetti, F., Coccoli, P., Malerba, A., Cappelli, A., Golfieri, R., Mosconi, C., Matteo, Renzulli, Stefanini, Benedetta, Bucci, Laura, Santi, Valentina, Reggidori, Nicola, Rampoldi, Davide, Lani, Lorenzo, Granito, Alessandro, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Farinati, Fabio, Campani, Claudia, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Raimondo, Giovanni, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Mega, Andrea, Biasini, Elisabetta, Sacco, Rodolfo, Morisco, Filomena, Caturelli, Eugenio, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Azzaroli, Francesco, Giannini, Edoardo G, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Masotto, Alberto, Nardone, Gerardo, Di Marco, Mariella, Magalotti, Donatella, and Trevisani, Franco
Subjects: Atezolizumab-bevacizumab, Clinical Trials as Topic, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocol, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Systemic therapy, Hepatology, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Tirosin-kinase inhibitor, Liver Neoplasms, Gastroenterology, Bevacizumab, Feasibility Studie, Tyrosine, Human
Abstract: Background: The combination of atezolizumab-bevacizumab has been proven to be superior to sorafenib for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma not amenable to locoregional treatments, be-coming the standard of care of systemic therapy.Aim: This study aimed at assessing real-world feasibility of atezolizumab-bevacizumab in patients treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors.Methods: Among 1447 patients treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors from January 2010 to December 2020, we assessed the percentage of those potentially eligible to atezolizumab-bevacizumab (according to IMbrave-150 trial criteria), and the overall survival of eligible and non-eligible patients.Results: 422 (29%) patients were qualified for atezolizumab-bevacizumab therapy. The main exclusion causes were Child-Pugh class and Performance Status. Adopting the more permissive inclusion criteria of SHARP trial, 535 patients became eligible. The median overall survival of tyrosine-kinase inhibitors patients was 14.9 months, longer in eligible patients than in their counterpart due to better baseline liver function and oncological features.Conclusion: Real-world data indicate that less than one-third of hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors are potentially eligible to atezolizumab-bevacizumab according to the reg-istration trial criteria. These patients have a longer survival than the non-eligible ones. If the selection criteria of atezolizumab-bevacizumab trial are maintained in clinical practice, tyrosine-kinase inhibitors will remain the most used systemic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma patients.(c) 2022 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published: 2022

40. Characteristics and survival of patients with primary biliary cholangitis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Edoardo G. Giannini, Giulia Pieri, Sara Labanca, Maria Corina Plaz Torres, Antonio Gasbarrini, Elisabetta Biasini, Claudia Campani, Nora Cazzagon, Francesco Giuseppe Foschi, Andrea Mega, Alberto Masotto, Giovanni Raimondo, Gian Ludovico Rapaccini, Rodolfo Sacco, Eugenio Caturelli, Maria Guarino, Francesco Tovoli, Gianpaolo Vidili, Maurizia Rossana Brunetto, Gerardo Nardone, Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni, Donatella Magalotti, Francesco Azzaroli, Giuseppe Cabibbo, Maria Di Marco, Angelo Sangiovanni, Franco Trevisani, Maurizio Biselli, Paolo Caraceni, Annagiulia Gramenzi, Francesca Benevento, Alessandro Granito, Luca Muratori, Fabio Piscaglia, Federica Bertellini, Fabio Farinati, Giorgio Palano, Filippo Pelizzaro, Barbara Penzo, Elisa Pinto, Gloria Allegrini, Calogero Cammà, Ciro Celsa, Paolo Giuffrida, Caterina Stornello, Mauro Grova, Carmelo Marco Giacchetto, Gabriele Rancatore, Maria Vittoria Grassini, Valentina Adotti, Stefano Gitto, Fabio Marra, Martina Rosi, Vittoria Bevilacqua, Alberto Borghi, Andrea Casadei Gardini, Fabio Conti, Lucia Napoli, Marco Domenicali, Maria Teresa Migliano, Nicoletta de Matthaeis, Francesca Romana Ponziani, Andrea Olivani, Gabriele Missale, Valentina Cossiga, Mario Capasso, Filomena Morisco, Ester Marina Cela, Antonio Facciorusso, Valentina Lauria, Giorgia Ghittoni, Giorgio Pelecca, Fabrizio Chegai, Fabio Coratella, Mariano Ortenzi, Serena Dell'Isola, Maria Stella Franzè, Carlo Saitta, Assunta Sauchella, Elton Dajti, Federico Ravaioli, Filippo Oliveri, Gabriele Ricco, Veronica Romagnoli, Alessandro Inno, Fabiana Marchetti, Pietro Coccoli, Antonio Malerba, Alberta Cappelli, Rita Golfieri, Cristina Mosconi, Matteo Renzulli, Giannini, Edoardo G, Pieri, Giulia, Labanca, Sara, Plaz Torres, Maria Corina, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Biasini, Elisabetta, Campani, Claudia, Cazzagon, Nora, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Mega, Andrea, Masotto, Alberto, Raimondo, Giovanni, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Sacco, Rodolfo, Caturelli, Eugenio, Guarino, Maria, Tovoli, Francesco, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana, Nardone, Gerardo, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, Magalotti, Donatella, Azzaroli, Francesco, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Di Marco, Maria, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Trevisani, Franco, Giannini, E. G., Pieri, G., Labanca, S., Plaz Torres, M. C., Gasbarrini, A., Biasini, E., Campani, C., Cazzagon, N., Foschi, F. G., Mega, A., Masotto, A., Raimondo, G., Rapaccini, G. L., Sacco, R., Caturelli, E., Guarino, M., Tovoli, F., Vidili, G., Brunetto, M. R., Nardone, G., Svegliati-Baroni, G., Magalotti, D., Azzaroli, F., Cabibbo, G., Di Marco, M., Sangiovanni, A., Trevisani, F., Biselli, M., Caraceni, P., Gramenzi, A., Benevento, F., Granito, A., Muratori, L., Piscaglia, F., Bertellini, F., Farinati, F., Palano, G., Pelizzaro, F., Penzo, B., Pinto, E., Allegrini, G., Camma, C., Celsa, C., Giuffrida, P., Stornello, C., Grova, M., Giacchetto, C. M., Rancatore, G., Grassini, M. V., Adotti, V., Gitto, S., Marra, F., Rosi, M., Bevilacqua, V., Borghi, A., Gardini, A. C., Conti, F., Napoli, L., Domenicali, M., Migliano, M. T., de Matthaeis, N., Ponziani, F. R., Olivani, A., Missale, G., Cossiga, V., Capasso, M., Morisco, F., Cela, E. M., Facciorusso, A., Lauria, V., Ghittoni, G., Pelecca, G., Chegai, F., Coratella, F., Ortenzi, M., Dell'Isola, S., Franze, M. S., Saitta, C., Sauchella, A., Dajti, E., Ravaioli, F., Oliveri, F., Ricco, G., Romagnoli, V., Inno, A., Marchetti, F., Coccoli, P., Malerba, A., Cappelli, A., Golfieri, R., Mosconi, C., and Renzulli, M.
Subjects: Male, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Cholestatic liver disease, Outcome, Surveillance, Survival, Treatment, Hepatology, Prognosi, Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary, Risk Factor, Settore MED/12 - GASTROENTEROLOGIA, Liver Neoplasms, Gastroenterology, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Humans, Female, Human, Aged
Abstract: Background: Comprehensive and contemporary data pertaining large populations of patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are missing. Aim: To describe main characteristics and outcome of PBC patients with HCC diagnosed in the new millennium. Methods: Analysing the Italian Liver Cancer registry we identified 80 PBC patients with HCC diagnosed after the year 2000, and described their clinical characteristics, access to treatment and survival. Results: Median age of patients was 71 years and 50.0% were males. Cirrhosis was present in 86.3% of patients, being well-compensated in 58.0%. Median HCC diameter was smaller in patients under surveillance (2.6vs 4.0cm, P=0.007). Curative treatment, feasible in 50.0% of patients, was associated with improved survival compared to palliative and supportive care (42vs 33vs 6 months, P
Published: 2022

41. Metabolic disorders across hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy

Author: Morisco, F., Guarino, M., Valvano, M. R., Auriemma, F., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Ciccarese, F., Tovoli, F., Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, M., Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Borzio, F., Sacco, R., Cabibbo, G., Felder, M., Benvengu, L., Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati Baroni, G., Foschi, F. G., Biasini, E., Masotto, A., Virdone, R., Marra, F., Caporaso, N., Trevisani, F., Sessa, A., Marafatto, F., Peserico, G., Pozzan, C., Brunacci, M., Moscatelli, A., Pellegatta, G., Savarino, V., Del Poggio, P., Olmi, S., De Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Balsamo, C., Vavassori, E., Roselli, P., Lauria, V., Pelecca, G., Mismas, V., Rossi, M., Attardo, S., Cavani, G., Mega, A., Rinninella, Emanuele, Ortolani, A., Bevilacqua, V., Chiara Dall'Aglio, A., Ercolani, G., Fiorini, Carlo Ettore, Casadei Gardini, A., Lanzi, Alessio, Mirici Cappa, F., Missale, G., Porro, E., Marchetti, F., Valerio, M., Affronti, A., Orlando, E., Rosa Barcellona, M., Aburas, S., Dragoni, G., Campani, C., Biselli, M., Bucci, L., Caraceni, P., Cucchetti, A., Domenicali, M., Garuti, F., Gramenzi, A., Magalotti, D., Serra, C., Granito, A., Negrini, G., Napoli, L., Piscaglia, F., Morisco, F., Guarino, M., Valvano, M. R., Auriemma, F., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Ciccarese, F., Tovoli, F., Rapaccini, G. L., Di Marco, M., Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Borzio, F., Sacco, R., Cabibbo, G., Felder, M., Benvengu, L., Gasbarrini, A., Svegliati Baroni, G., Foschi, F. G., Biasini, E., Masotto, A., Virdone, R., Marra, F., Caporaso, N., Trevisani, F., Sessa, A., Marafatto, F., Peserico, G., Pozzan, C., Brunacci, M., Moscatelli, A., Pellegatta, G., Savarino, V., Del Poggio, P., Olmi, S., de Matthaeis, N., Balsamo, C., Vavassori, E., Roselli, P., Lauria, V., Pelecca, G., Mismas, V., Rossi, M., Attardo, S., Cavani, G., Mega, A., Rinninella, E., Ortolani, A., Bevilacqua, V., Chiara Dall'Aglio, A., Ercolani, G., Fiorini, E., Casadei Gardini, A., Lanzi, A., Mirici Cappa, F., Missale, G., Porro, E., Marchetti, F., Valerio, M., Affronti, A., Orlando, E., Rosa Barcellona, M., Aburas, S., Dragoni, G., Campani, C., Biselli, M., Bucci, L., Caraceni, P., Cucchetti, A., Domenicali, M., Garuti, F., Gramenzi, A., Magalotti, D., Serra, C., Granito, A., Negrini, G., Napoli, L., Piscaglia, F., Morisco, Filomena, Guarino, Maria, Valvano, Maria R., Auriemma, Francesco, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo G., Ciccarese, Francesca, Tovoli, Francesco, Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Borzio, Franco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Felder, Martina, Benvengù, Luisa, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati Baroni, Gianluca, Foschi, Francesco G., Biasini, Elisabetta, Masotto, Alberto, Virdone, Roberto, Marra, Fabio, Caporaso, Nicola, Trevisani, Franco, Sessa, Anna, Marafatto, Filippo, Peserico, Giulia, Pozzan, Caterina, Brunacci, Matteo, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, Savarino, Vincenzo, Del Poggio, Paolo, Olmi, Stefano, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Balsamo, Claudia, Vavassori, Elena, Roselli, Paola, Lauria, Valentina, Pelecca, Giorgio, Mismas, Valeria, Rossi, Margherita, Attardo, Simona, Cavani, Giulia, Mega, Andrea, Rinninella, Emanuele, Ortolani, Alessio, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, Chiara Dall'Aglio, Anna, Ercolani, Giorgio, Fiorini, Erica, Casadei Gardini, Andrea, Lanzi, Arianna, Mirici Cappa, Federica, Missale, Gabriele, Porro, Emanuela, Marchetti, Fabiana, Valerio, Matteo, Affronti, Andrea, Orlando, Emanuele, Rosa Barcellona, Maria, Aburas, Sami, Dragoni, Gabriele, Campani, Claudia, Biselli, Maurizio, Bucci, Laura, Caraceni, Paolo, Cucchetti, Alessandro, Domenicali, Marco, Garuti, Francesca, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Magalotti, Donatella, Serra, Carla, Granito, Alessandro, Negrini, Giulia, Napoli, Lucia, Piscaglia, Fabio, Valvano, Maria R, Giannini, Edoardo G, and Foschi, Francesco G
Subjects: Oncology, Male, obesity, Databases, Factual, Hepatocellular carcinoma, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Prospective cohort study, diabetes, Metabolic disorder, Liver Neoplasms, Diabetes, hepatocellular carcinoma, Middle Aged, Metabolic syndrome, Portal vein thrombosis, Italy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, Female, medicine.medical_specialty, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Settore MED/12 - GASTROENTEROLOGIA, Obesity, metabolic syndrome, 03 medical and health sciences, Databases, Metabolic Diseases, Internal medicine, medicine, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Factual, Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Retrospective Studies, Hepatology, business.industry, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, BCLC Stage, Multivariate Analysis, diabete, Liver function, business
Abstract: Background: Metabolic disorders are well-known risk factors for HCC. Conversely, their impact on the natural history of HCC is not established. This study aimed at evaluating the impact of metabolic disorders on clinical features, treatment and survival of HCC patients regardless of its aetiology. Methods: We analysed the ITA.LI.CA database regarding 839 HCC patients prospectively collected. The following metabolic features were analysed: BMI, diabetes, arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia. According to these features, patients were divided into 3 groups: 0-1, 2 and 3-5 metabolic features. Results: As compared with patients with 0-1 metabolic features, patients with 3-5 features showed lower percentage of HCC diagnosis on surveillance (P=.021), larger tumours (P=.038), better liver function (higher percentage of Child-Pugh class A [P=.007] and MELD&nbsp
Published: 2018

42. Curative therapies are superior to standard of care (transarterial chemoembolization) for intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Pecorelli A, Lenzi B, Gramenzi A, Garuti F, Farinati F, Giannini EG, Ciccarese F, Piscaglia F, Rapaccini GL, Di Marco M, Caturelli E, Zoli M, Borzio F, Sacco R, Cabibbo G, Felder M, Morisco F, Gasbarrini A, Baroni GS, Foschi FG, Biasini E, Masotto A, Virdone R, Bernardi M, Trevisani F, Bolondi L, Biselli M, Bucci L, Caraceni P, Cucchetti A, Domenicali M, Venerandi L, Giacomin A, Maddalo G, Pozzan C, Vani V, Poggio PD, Olmi S, Balsamo C, Vavassori E, Benvegnù L, Cappelli A, Golfieri R, Mosconi C, Renzulli M, Bosco G, Roselli P, Dell'Isola S, Ialungo AM, Bruzzone L, Picciotto A, Marenco S, Risso D, Sammito G, Savarino V, Cammà C, Maida M, Costantino A, Barcellona MR, Affronti A, Mega A, Rinninella E, Mismas V, Cappa FM, Dall'Aglio AC, Feletti V, Lanzi A, Neri E, Stefanini GF, Tamberi S, Missale G, Porro E, Guarino M, Gemini S, Schiadà L, for the Italian LiverCancer (ITA. LI. CA) group, Donatella Magalotti, Carla Serra, Pecorelli A, Lenzi B, Gramenzi A, Garuti F, Farinati F, Giannini EG, Ciccarese F, Piscaglia F, Rapaccini GL, Di Marco M, Caturelli E, Zoli M, Borzio F, Sacco R, Cabibbo G, Felder M, Morisco F, Gasbarrini A, Baroni GS, Foschi FG, Biasini E, Masotto A, Virdone R, Bernardi M, Trevisani F, Bolondi L, Biselli M, Bucci L, Caraceni P, Cucchetti A, Domenicali M, Magalotti D, Serra C, Venerandi L, Giacomin A, Maddalo G, Pozzan C, Vani V, Poggio PD, Olmi S, Balsamo C, Vavassori E, Benvegnù L, Cappelli A, Golfieri R, Mosconi C, Renzulli M, Bosco G, Roselli P, Dell'Isola S, Ialungo AM, Bruzzone L, Picciotto A, Marenco S, Risso D, Sammito G, Savarino V, Cammà C, Maida M, Costantino A, Barcellona MR, Affronti A, Mega A, Rinninella E, Mismas V, Cappa FM, Dall'Aglio AC, Feletti V, Lanzi A, Neri E, Stefanini GF, Tamberi S, Missale G, Porro E, Guarino M, Gemini S, Schiadà L, Pecorelli, A., Lenzi, B., Gramenzi, A., Garuti, F., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Ciccarese, F., Piscaglia, F., Rapaccini, G. L., Di Marco, M., Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Borzio, F., Sacco, R., Cabibbo, G., Felder, M., Morisco, F., Gasbarrini, A., Baroni, G. S., Foschi, F. G., Biasini, E., Masotto, A., Virdone, R., Bernardi, M., Trevisani, F., Bolondi, L., Biselli, M., Bucci, L., Caraceni, P., Cucchetti, A., Domenicali, M., Magalotti, D., Serra, C., Venerandi, L., Giacomin, A., Maddalo, G., Pozzan, C., Vani, V., Poggio, P. D., Olmi, S., Balsamo, C., Vavassori, E., Benvegnu, L., Cappelli, A., Golfieri, R., Mosconi, C., Renzulli, M., Bosco, G., Roselli, P., Dell'Isola, S., Ialungo, A. M., Bruzzone, L., Picciotto, A., Marenco, S., Risso, D., Sammito, G., Savarino, V., Camma, C., Maida, M., Costantino, A., Barcellona, M. R., Affronti, A., Mega, A., Rinninella, E., Mismas, V., Cappa, F. M., Dall'Aglio, A. C., Feletti, V., Lanzi, A., Neri, E., Stefanini, G. F., Tamberi, S., Missale, G., Porro, E., Guarino, M., Gemini, S., Schiada, L., Pecorelli, Anna, Lenzi, Barbara, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Garuti, Francesca, Farinati, Fabio, Giannini, Edoardo G, Ciccarese, Francesca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Borzio, Franco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Felder, Martina, Morisco, Filomena, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati, Foschi, Francesco G, Biasini, Elisabetta, Masotto, Alberto, Virdone, Roberto, Bernardi, Mauro, and Trevisani, Franco
Subjects: Sorafenib, Male, Niacinamide, medicine.medical_specialty, Standard of care, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Antineoplastic Agents, Gastroenterology, Intermediate stage, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, HCC, BCLC-B, Treatment, Hepatology, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Chemoembolization, Therapeutic, Propensity Score, Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Retrospective Studies, intermediate stage, treatment, business.industry, Patient Selection, Phenylurea Compounds, Liver Neoplasms, Settore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNA, Standard of Care, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome, Italy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Propensity score matching, Multivariate Analysis, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, Female, Liver function, Liver cancer, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Background and aims the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer intermediate stage (BCLC-B) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) includes extremely heterogeneous patients in terms of tumor burden and liver function. Transarterial-chemoembolization (TACE) is the first-line treatment for these patients although it may be risky/useless for someone, while others could undergo curative treatments. This study assesses the treatment type performed in a large cohort of BCLC-B patients and its outcome. Methods retrospective analysis of 485 consecutive BCLC-B patients from the ITA.LI.CA database diagnosed with naive HCC after 1999. Patients were stratified by treatment. Results 29 patients (6%) were lost to follow-up before receiving treatment. Treatment distribution was: TACE (233, 51.1%), curative treatments (145 patients, 31.8%), sorafenib (18, 3.9%), other (39, 8.5%), best supportive care (BSC) (21, 4.6%). Median survival (95% CI) was 45 months (37.4-52.7) for curative treatments, 30 (24.7-35.3) for TACE, 14 (10.5-17.5) for sorafenib, 14 (5.2-22.7) for other treatments and 10 (6.0-14.2) for BSC (p
Published: 2017

43. FRI463 - NK-cell dysfunction in hepatocellular carcinoma: modulatory approches for functional restoration.

Author: Zecca, Alessandra, Barili, Valeria, Dalla Valle, Raffaelle, Rizzo, Danila, Olivani, Andrea, Biasini, Elisabetta, Ferrari, Carlo, Cariani, Elisabetta, and Missale, Gabriele
Subjects: *HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma
Published: 2020
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44. Development and Validation of a New Prognostic System for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Author: Fabio Farinati, Alessandro Vitale, Gaya Spolverato, Timothy M. Pawlik, Teh-la Huo, Yun-Hsuan Lee, Anna Chiara Frigo, Anna Giacomin, Edoardo G. Giannini, Francesca Ciccarese, Fabio Piscaglia, Gian Lodovico Rapaccini, Mariella Di Marco, Eugenio Caturelli, Marco Zoli, Franco Borzio, Giuseppe Cabibbo, Martina Felder, Rodolfo Sacco, Filomena Morisco, Elisabetta Biasini, Francesco Giuseppe Foschi, Antonio Gasbarrini, Gianluca Svegliati Baroni, Roberto Virdone, Alberto Masotto, Franco Trevisani, Umberto Cillo, ITA. LI. CA study group, Maurizio Biselli, Luigi Bolondi, Laura Bucci, Alessandro Cucchetti, Francesca Garuti, Annagiulia Gramenzi, Barbara Lenzi, Donatella Magalotti, Anna Pecorelli, Carla Serra, Laura Venerandi, Rita Golfieri, Fabio Farinati, Alessandro Vitale, Gaya Spolverato, Timothy M. Pawlik, Teh-la Huo, Yun-Hsuan Lee, Anna Chiara Frigo, Anna Giacomin, Edoardo G. Giannini, Francesca Ciccarese, Fabio Piscaglia, Gian Lodovico Rapaccini, Mariella Di Marco, Eugenio Caturelli, Marco Zoli, Franco Borzio, Giuseppe Cabibbo, Martina Felder, Rodolfo Sacco, Filomena Morisco, Elisabetta Biasini, Francesco Giuseppe Foschi, Antonio Gasbarrini, Gianluca Svegliati Baroni, Roberto Virdone, Alberto Masotto, Franco Trevisani, Umberto Cillo, ITA.LI.CA study group [ .., Maurizio Biselli, Luigi Bolondi, Laura Bucci, Alessandro Cucchetti, Francesca Garuti, Annagiulia Gramenzi, Barbara Lenzi, Donatella Magalotti, Anna Pecorelli, Carla Serra, Laura Venerandi, Rita Golfieri, ], Farinati, Fabio, Vitale, Alessandro, Spolverato, Gaya, Pawlik, Timothy M, Huo, Teh la, Lee, Yun Hsuan, Frigo, Anna Chiara, Giacomin, Anna, Giannini, Edoardo G, Ciccarese, Francesca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Rapaccini, Gian Lodovico, Di Marco, Mariella, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Borzio, Franco, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Felder, Martina, Sacco, Rodolfo, Morisco, Filomena, Biasini, Elisabetta, Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati Baroni, Gianluca, Virdone, Roberto, Masotto, Alberto, Trevisani, Franco, and Cillo, Umberto
Subjects: Oncology, Male, Time Factors, Databases, Factual, Cancer Treatment, lcsh:Medicine, Predictive Value of Test, Pediatrics, Biochemistry, Geographical locations, Neoplasms, Multiple Primary, Decision Support Technique, 0302 clinical medicine, Interquartile range, Retrospective Studie, Multiple Primary, Risk Factors, Neoplasms, Medicine and Health Sciences, Ethnicities, Public and Occupational Health, Liver Diseases, Liver Neoplasms, Child Health, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Italian People, Tumor Burden, Quartile, Cirrhosis, Italy, Liver Neoplasm, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Predictive value of tests, Cohort, Perspective, Hong Kong, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, Female, Survival Analysi, alpha-Fetoproteins, Human, Biotechnology, medicine.medical_specialty, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Asia, Time Factor, Settore MED/12 - GASTROENTEROLOGIA, Aged, Decision Support Techniques, Humans, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Neoplasm Staging, Predictive Value of Tests, Reproducibility of Results, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Survival Analysis, Taiwan, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Reproducibility of Result, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Carcinomas, 03 medical and health sciences, Databases, Diagnostic Medicine, Internal medicine, Gastrointestinal Tumors, medicine, alpha-Fetoprotein, Survival analysis, Factual, Neoplasm Invasivene, Performance status, business.industry, Risk Factor, lcsh:R, Carcinoma, Cancers and Neoplasms, Retrospective cohort study, Hepatocellular, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, BCLC Stage, Surgery, People and Places, Population Groupings, business
Abstract: Background Prognostic assessment in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. Using the Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) database as a training set, we sought to develop and validate a new prognostic system for patients with HCC. Methods and Findings Prospective collected databases from Italy (training cohort, n = 3,628; internal validation cohort, n = 1,555) and Taiwan (external validation cohort, n = 2,651) were used to develop the ITA.LI.CA prognostic system. We first defined ITA.LI.CA stages (0, A, B1, B2, B3, C) using only tumor characteristics (largest tumor diameter, number of nodules, intra- and extrahepatic macroscopic vascular invasion, extrahepatic metastases). A parametric multivariable survival model was then used to calculate the relative prognostic value of ITA.LI.CA tumor stage, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status, Child–Pugh score (CPS), and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in predicting individual survival. Based on the model results, an ITA.LI.CA integrated prognostic score (from 0 to 13 points) was constructed, and its prognostic power compared with that of other integrated systems (BCLC, HKLC, MESIAH, CLIP, JIS). Median follow-up was 58 mo for Italian patients (interquartile range, 26–106 mo) and 39 mo for Taiwanese patients (interquartile range, 12–61 mo). The ITA.LI.CA integrated prognostic score showed optimal discrimination and calibration abilities in Italian patients. Observed median survival in the training and internal validation sets was 57 and 61 mo, respectively, in quartile 1 (ITA.LI.CA score ≤ 1), 43 and 38 mo in quartile 2 (ITA.LI.CA score 2–3), 23 and 23 mo in quartile 3 (ITA.LI.CA score 4–5), and 9 and 8 mo in quartile 4 (ITA.LI.CA score > 5). Observed and predicted median survival in the training and internal validation sets largely coincided. Although observed and predicted survival estimations were significantly lower (log-rank test, p < 0.001) in Italian than in Taiwanese patients, the ITA.LI.CA score maintained very high discrimination and calibration features also in the external validation cohort. The concordance index (C index) of the ITA.LI.CA score in the internal and external validation cohorts was 0.71 and 0.78, respectively. The ITA.LI.CA score’s prognostic ability was significantly better (p < 0.001) than that of BCLC stage (respective C indexes of 0.64 and 0.73), CLIP score (0.68 and 0.75), JIS stage (0.67 and 0.70), MESIAH score (0.69 and 0.77), and HKLC stage (0.68 and 0.75). The main limitations of this study are its retrospective nature and the intrinsically significant differences between the Taiwanese and Italian groups. Conclusions The ITA.LI.CA prognostic system includes both a tumor staging—stratifying patients with HCC into six main stages (0, A, B1, B2, B3, and C)—and a prognostic score—integrating ITA.LI.CA tumor staging, CPS, ECOG performance status, and AFP. The ITA.LI.CA prognostic system shows a strong ability to predict individual survival in European and Asian populations.
Published: 2016

45. Metabolic disorders across hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy.

Author: Morisco F, Guarino M, Valvano MR, Auriemma F, Farinati F, Giannini EG, Ciccarese F, Tovoli F, Rapaccini GL, Di Marco M, Caturelli E, Zoli M, Borzio F, Sacco R, Cabibbo G, Felder M, Benvengù L, Gasbarrini A, Svegliati Baroni G, Foschi FG, Biasini E, Masotto A, Virdone R, Marra F, Caporaso N, and Trevisani F
Subjects: Aged, Databases, Factual, Diabetes Mellitus epidemiology, Female, Humans, Italy epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Neoplasm Staging, Obesity epidemiology, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Survival Analysis, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular mortality, Liver Neoplasms mortality, Metabolic Diseases epidemiology
Abstract: Background: Metabolic disorders are well-known risk factors for HCC. Conversely, their impact on the natural history of HCC is not established. This study aimed at evaluating the impact of metabolic disorders on clinical features, treatment and survival of HCC patients regardless of its aetiology., Methods: We analysed the ITA.LI.CA database regarding 839 HCC patients prospectively collected. The following metabolic features were analysed: BMI, diabetes, arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia. According to these features, patients were divided into 3 groups: 0-1, 2 and 3-5 metabolic features., Results: As compared with patients with 0-1 metabolic features, patients with 3-5 features showed lower percentage of HCC diagnosis on surveillance (P = .021), larger tumours (P = .038), better liver function (higher percentage of Child-Pugh class A [P = .007] and MELD < 10 [P = .003]), higher percentage of metastasis (P = .024) and lower percentage of portal vein thrombosis (P = .010). The BCLC stage and treatment options were similar among the 3 groups, with the exception of a less frequent access to loco-regional therapies for BCLC stage B patients with 3-5 features (P = .012). Overall survival and survival according to BCLC stage and/or treatment did not significantly differ among the 3 groups. Only using a probabilistic sensitivity analysis, diabetic patients showed a lower survival (P = .046). MELD score, HCC morphology, nodule size, BCLC stage, portal vein thrombosis and metastasis were independent predictors of lead-time adjusted survival., Conclusions: Our "real world" study suggests that metabolic disorders shape the clinical presentation of HCC but do not seem to play a major role in setting patient survival., (© 2018 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Published: 2018
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