Background: The latest Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) classification by the American College of Radiology has been recently endorsed in the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) guidelines for Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) management. Although the LI-RADS protocol has been developed as a diagnostic algorithm, there is some evidence concerning a possible correlation between different LI-RADS classes and specific pathological features of HCC. We aimed to investigate such radiological/pathological correlation and the possible prognostic implication of LI-RADS on a retrospective cohort of HCC patients undergoing surgical resection. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of the pathological characteristics of resected HCC, exploring their distribution among different LI-RADS classes and analyzing the risk factors for recurrence-free, overall and cancer-specific survival Results: LI-RADS-5 (LR-5) nodules showed a higher prevalence of microvascular invasion (MVI), satellitosis and capsule infiltration, as well as higher median values of alpha-fetoprotein ( ffFP) compared to LI-RADS-3/4 (LR-3/4) nodules. MVI, ffFP, satellitosis and margin-positive (R1) resection resulted as independent risk factors for recurrence-free survival, while LI-RADS class did not exert any significant impact. Focusing on overall survival, we identified patient age, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG-PS), Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, ffFP, MVI, satellitosis and R1 resection as independent risk factors for survival, without any impact of LI-RADS classification. Last, MELD score, log10 ffFP, satellitosis and R1 resection resulted as independent risk factors for cancer-specific survival, while LI-RADS class did not exert any significant impact. Conclusions: Our results suggest an association of LR-5 class with unfavorable pathological characteristics of resected HCC; tumor histology and underlying patient characteristics such as age, ECOG-PS and liver disease severity exert a significant impact on postoperative oncological outcomes.

From LI-RADS classification to HCC pathology: a retrospective single-institution analysis of clinico-pathological features affecting oncological outcomes after curative surgery / Centonze, Leonardo; De Carlis, Riccardo; Vella, Ivan; Carbonaro, Luca; Incarbone, Niccolò; Palmieri, Livia; Sgrazzutti, Cristiano; Ficarelli, Alberto; Valsecchi, Maria Grazia; Dello Iacono, Umberto; Lauterio, Andrea; Bernasconi, Davide; Vanzulli, Angelo; De Carlis, Luciano. - In: DIAGNOSTICS. - ISSN 2075-4418. - 12:1(2022), pp. 1-13. [10.3390/diagnostics12010160]

From LI-RADS classification to HCC pathology: a retrospective single-institution analysis of clinico-pathological features affecting oncological outcomes after curative surgery

Palmieri, Livia;
2022

Abstract

Background: The latest Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) classification by the American College of Radiology has been recently endorsed in the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) guidelines for Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) management. Although the LI-RADS protocol has been developed as a diagnostic algorithm, there is some evidence concerning a possible correlation between different LI-RADS classes and specific pathological features of HCC. We aimed to investigate such radiological/pathological correlation and the possible prognostic implication of LI-RADS on a retrospective cohort of HCC patients undergoing surgical resection. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of the pathological characteristics of resected HCC, exploring their distribution among different LI-RADS classes and analyzing the risk factors for recurrence-free, overall and cancer-specific survival Results: LI-RADS-5 (LR-5) nodules showed a higher prevalence of microvascular invasion (MVI), satellitosis and capsule infiltration, as well as higher median values of alpha-fetoprotein ( ffFP) compared to LI-RADS-3/4 (LR-3/4) nodules. MVI, ffFP, satellitosis and margin-positive (R1) resection resulted as independent risk factors for recurrence-free survival, while LI-RADS class did not exert any significant impact. Focusing on overall survival, we identified patient age, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG-PS), Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, ffFP, MVI, satellitosis and R1 resection as independent risk factors for survival, without any impact of LI-RADS classification. Last, MELD score, log10 ffFP, satellitosis and R1 resection resulted as independent risk factors for cancer-specific survival, while LI-RADS class did not exert any significant impact. Conclusions: Our results suggest an association of LR-5 class with unfavorable pathological characteristics of resected HCC; tumor histology and underlying patient characteristics such as age, ECOG-PS and liver disease severity exert a significant impact on postoperative oncological outcomes.
2022
HCC; HCC recurrence; Li-RADS classification; cancer-specific survival; overall survival; radiomics; surgical resection
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From LI-RADS classification to HCC pathology: a retrospective single-institution analysis of clinico-pathological features affecting oncological outcomes after curative surgery / Centonze, Leonardo; De Carlis, Riccardo; Vella, Ivan; Carbonaro, Luca; Incarbone, Niccolò; Palmieri, Livia; Sgrazzutti, Cristiano; Ficarelli, Alberto; Valsecchi, Maria Grazia; Dello Iacono, Umberto; Lauterio, Andrea; Bernasconi, Davide; Vanzulli, Angelo; De Carlis, Luciano. - In: DIAGNOSTICS. - ISSN 2075-4418. - 12:1(2022), pp. 1-13. [10.3390/diagnostics12010160]
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