Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the longterm outcomes and prognostic factors of surgical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Methods:The retrospective casecontrol study was adopted. The clinicopathological data of 129 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma who underwent surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yatsen University between January 2007 and August 2014 were collected. The followup of outpatient examination and telephone interview was performed to observe the survival of patients, tumor recurrence and metastasis up to October 2015. (1) Longterm outcomes (1, 3, 5year survival rates and survival time) were observed. (2) Prognostic factors were collected, including gender, age, preoperative CA19-9, tumor diameter, curative degree oftumor (R0 resection or R1 resection), vascular resection and reconstruction, modified T stage, lymph node metastasis, TNM stage and tumor differentiation. (3) The stratified analyses were used for the independent prognostic factors. The survival curve was drawn by KaplanMeier method, and the survival rate was analyzed using the Logrank test. The univariate analysis and multivariate analysis were respectively done using the chisquare test and COX regression model.
Results:(1) Of 129 patients, 4 patients were dead in the perioperative period, 112 were followed up for a median time of 19 months (range, 1-98 months). During the followup, 75 patients were dead. The overall median survival time and 1, 3, 5year survival rates of the 129 patients were 23 months, 71.1%, 31.4% and 14.6%, respectively. (2) The results of univariate analysis showed that curative degree of tumor, modified T stage, lymph node metastasis, TNM stage and tumor differentiation were the related factors affecting the prognosis of patients undergoing surgical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma (χ
2= 5.566, 5.450, 4.558, 4.033, 6.093, P<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that R1 resection, stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ and lowdifferentiated tumor were the independent risk factors affecting the poor prognosis of patients undergoing surgical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HR=2.328,1.691, 1.750, 95% confidence interval: 1.224-4.427,1.035-2.762, 1.205-2.542, P<0.05). (3) The median survival time and 1, 3, 5year survival rates were 24 months, 75.5%, 36.0% , 15.8% in 110 patients with R0 resection, the median survival time and 1, 3year survival rates were 12 months, 47.1% and 7.1% and the 5year survival rate missed in the 19 patients with R1 resection, with a statistically significant difference (χ
2=5.566, P<0.05). The median survival time and 1, 3, 5year survival rates were 30 months, 75.0%, 42.5%, 20.1% in 55 patients with stageⅠ-Ⅱ and 18 months, 68.1%, 22.2%, 7.0% in 74 patients with stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ, respectively, showing a statistically significant difference (χ
2=4.033, P<0.05). The median survival time and 1, 3, 5year survival rates were 30 months, 82.4%, 49.5%, 49.5% in 19 patients with highdifferentiated tumor, 24 months, 69.6%, 30.4%, 11.8% in 62 patients with moderatedifferentiated tumor, 18 months, 63.5%, 24.2%, 0.0 in 33 patients with lowdifferentiated tumor, respectively, with a statistically significant difference (χ
2=6.093, P< 0.05).
Conclusions:Longterm outcomes of surgical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma are unsatisfactory. Moreover, R1 resection, stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ and lowdifferentiated tumor are the independent risk factors affecting the poor prognosis of patients undergoing surgical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.