Prognostic genomic alterations in patients undergoing liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

S B Nordkild, L B Ahlborn, C W Yde, J M Kugler, J Klubien, D Akdag, G L Willemoe, S D Nielsen, Hans-Christian Pommergaard*

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Genetic mutations and amplifications found in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a potentially prognostic impact. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of mutations and amplifications in HCC from patients that were liver resected.

METHODS: Patients liver resected for HCC at Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet between May 2014 and January 2018 were included. DNA from freshly frozen tumour tissue was investigated with TruSight Oncology 500. Mutations and amplifications were correlated with disease-free survival and overall survival using multivariate Cox regression to assess the effect on prognosis.

RESULTS: Of the 51 patients included, 88% were male and the median age was 69 years. Most patients had a single tumour (84%) with no vascular invasion (67%) in a non-cirrhotic liver (76% with fibrosis, 24% with cirrhosis). The median follow-up was 37 months. Patients with a MYC amplification (8%) were significantly younger than the remaining patients. Furthermore, they had a significantly shorter overall survival (15 months (95% CI: 0.0-31.6) vs. 59 months (95% CI: 34.4-83.6), p = < 0.001) and disease-free survival (8 months (95% CI: 4.6-11.4) vs. 19 months (95% CI: 12.3-25.7), p = 0.03). However, only overall survival remained statistically significant in the adjusted analysis. Furthermore, all patients with an ARID1A mutation (6%) had microvascular invasion and significantly larger tumours than the patients without ARID1A mutation.

CONCLUSION: MYC amplifications had a prognostic influence on survival, whereas ARID1A gene mutations were correlated with microvascular invasion. These may serve as prognostic biomarkers and should be validated in large, independent cohort.

Original languageEnglish
Article number450
JournalMolecular Biology Reports
Volume51
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)450
ISSN0301-4851
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Mar 2024

Keywords

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics
  • Liver Neoplasms/genetics
  • Prognosis
  • Liver Cirrhosis/pathology
  • Hepatectomy
  • Genomics
  • Retrospective Studies

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