Prediction model of HBV infection-related liver cancer recurrence after liver transplantation

Abstract

Abstract:ObjectiveTo investigate the risk factors for recurrence after liver transplantation in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and to further construct a predictive model.MethodsThe clinical data of 106 patients with HCC undergoing liver transplantation in the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University from January 2015 to May 2020 were retrospec-tively analyzed. Theχ²test was used to analyze the factors influencing HCC recurrence, and multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of HCC recurrence. According to the selected risk factors, the predictive model of HCC recurrence was constructed, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the predictive model.ResultsOf the 106 HCC patients, 23 had recurrence, with a recurrence rate of 21.70%, and 20 died. Tumor differentiation (χ²=6.066,P=0.014), maximum tumor diameter (χ²=4.916,P=0.027), with or without envelope invasion (χ²=5.543,P=0.019), preoperative alpha fetoprotein (AFP) (χ²=5.458,P=0.019), HBV-DNA (χ²=5.446,P=0.020), neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) (χ²=12.161,P<0.001), the expressions of miR-424 (χ²=4.400,P=0.036), chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 8 (CHD8) (χ²=10.561,P=0.001), T-cadherin (T-cad) (χ²=48.723,P<0.001), laminin (LN) (χ²=18.506,P<0.001) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) (χ²=11.178,P=0.001) were related to the recurrence of HCC. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the maximum tumor diameter≥6.5 cm (OR=1.69, 95%CI: 1.25-3.17,P=0.002), preoperative AFP>400 ng/ml (OR=1.38, 95%CI: 1.09-1.92,P=0.038), positive CHD8 (OR=0.77, 95%CI: 0.52-0.89,P=0.021), positive T-cad (OR=0.84, 95%CI: 0.68-0.92, P=0.006), positive LN (OR=1.22, 95%CI: 1.03-1.50,P=0.013) were the risk factors of HCC recurrence. According to the results of logistic analysis, the regression equation logit(P)=0.262+0.523X₁+0.326X₂-0.259X₃-0.286X₄+0.203X₅was constructed, whereX₁,X₂,X₃,X₄,X₅were the maximum tumor diameter, AFP, CHD8, T-cad and LN. ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve for predicting HCC recurrence was 0.849 (95%CI: 0.763-0.894,P<0.001), the accuracy rate was 83.02%, the sensitivity was 86.96%, the specificity was 81.93%, and the cut-off value was 0.736. According to the logit(P) function model,P=1/(1+e^-^Y), whereY=0.262+0.523X₁+0.326X₂-0.259X₃-0.286X₄+0.203X₅. One patient was randomly selected. According to his clinical data,P=0.564, which was less than the cut-off value (0.736). It could be considered that this patient would not have HCC recurrence with an accuracy rate of 83.02%.ConclusionTumor maximum diameter, preoperative AFP, CHD8, T-cad, LN expression are related to the recurrence of HCC after liver transplantation. The prediction model constructed based on this can effectively predict the risk of HCC recurrence.

Key words:Carcinoma,hepatocellular,Liver transplantation,Alpha-fetoprotein,Tumor diameter

Bai Xue, Meng Qingqing, Chen Yong1, Li Jing. Prediction model of HBV infection-related liver cancer recurrence after liver transplantation[J]. Journal of International Oncology, 2021, 48(12): 723-728.

Figures/Tables4

变量	例数	未复发 (n=83)	复发 (n=23)	χ²值	P值	变量	例数	未复发 (n=83)	复发 (n=23)	χ²值	P值
年龄(岁)						术后化疗
<60	58	48	10	1.497	0.221	是	89	72	17	1.353	0.245
≥60	48	35	13			否	17	11	6
性别						分化程度
男	94	75	19	0.444	0.505	低分化	33	21	12	6.066	0.014
女	12	8	4			中高分化	73	62	11
BMI(kg/m²)						肿瘤数目(个)
<24	80	63	17	0.039	0.844	<3	48	39	9	0.449	0.503
≥24	26	20	6			≥3	58	44	14
术前降期治疗						肿瘤最大径(cm)
是	56	44	12	0.005	0.943	<6.5	67	57	10	4.916	0.027
否	50	39	11			≥6.5	39	26	13
Child-Pugh分级						包膜侵犯
A	51	40	11			有	64	55	9	5.543	0.019
B	42	34	8	0.804	0.669	无	42	28	14
C	13	9	4

变量	例数	未复发 (n=83)	复发 (n=23)	χ²值	P值	变量	例数	未复发 (n=83)	复发 (n=23)	χ²值	P值
术前AFP(ng/ml)						miR-424
>400	38	25	13	5.458	0.019	阳性	78	65	13	4.400	0.036
≤400	68	58	10			阴性	28	18	10
HBV-DNA(U/ml)						CHD8
<500	72	61	11	5.446	0.020	阳性	75	65	10	10.561	0.001
≥500	34	22	12			阴性	31	18	13
TBiL(mmol/L)						T-cad
<25	64	49	15	0.288	0.592	阳性	81	76	5	48.723	<0.001
≥25	42	34	8			阴性	25	7	18
PT(s)						LN
<14	69	53	16	0.258	0.611	阳性	38	21	17	18.506	<0.001
≥14	37	30	7			阴性	68	62	6
INR						HGF
<1.2	66	53	13	0.412	0.521	阳性	34	20	14	11.178	0.001
≥1.2	40	30	10			阴性	72	63	9
NLR						TGF-β
<3.5	57	52	5	12.161	<0.001	阳性	39	27	12	2.988	0.084
≥3.5	49	31	18			阴性	67	56	11

变量	β值	Wald 值	OR值(95%CI)	P值
常量	0.262	4.589	1.30(1.06~1.67)	0.008
分化程度低分化	0.132	3.573	1.14(0.52~1.63)	0.085
肿瘤最大径≥6.5 cm	0.523	4.769	1.69(1.25~3.17)	0.002
有包膜侵犯	0.235	2.833	1.26(0.73~1.84)	0.178
术前AFP>400 ng/ml	0.326	4.028	1.38(1.09~1.92)	0.038
HBV-DNA≥500 U/ml	0.141	2.892	1.15(0.59~1.76)	0.177
NLR≥3.5	0.158	3.665	1.17(0.61~2.08)	0.083
miR-424阳性	-0.184	2.306	0.83(0.77~1.59)	0.238
CHD8阳性	-0.259	4.323	0.77(0.52~0.89)	0.021
T-cad阳性	-0.286	4.602	0.84(0.68~0.92)	0.006
LN阳性	0.203	4.538	1.22(1.03~1.50)	0.013
HGF阳性	0.169	3.135	1.18(0.62~1.72)	0.126

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