Predictors of survival following liver transplantation for pediatric hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma: Experience from the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT).
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2022
Identifier
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16945
Abstract
Management of unresectable pediatric hepatoblastoma (HB) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains challenging. The Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) database was used to study survival predictors in pediatric liver transplantation (LT) for HB and HCC. Event-free survival (EFS), associated risk factors, and postoperative complications were studied in children requiring LT for HB/HCC at 16 SPLIT centers. Three-year EFS was 81% for HB (n = 157) and 62% for HCC (n = 18) transplants. Of HB transplants, 6.9% were PRETEXT II and 15.3% were POST-TEXT I/II. Tumor extent did not impact survival (p = NS). Salvage (n = 13) and primary HB transplants had similar 3-year EFS (62% versus 78%, p = NS). Among HCC transplants, 3-year EFS was poorer in older patients (38% in ≥ 8-year-olds vs 86% < 8-year-olds) and those with larger tumors (48% for those beyond versus 83% within Milan criteria, p = NS). Risk of infection (HR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1-2.2, p = .02) and renal injury (HR 2.4, 95% CI 1.7-3.3, p < .001) were higher in malignant versus nonmalignant LT. Survival is favorable for pediatric HB and HCC LT, including outcomes after salvage transplant. Unexpected numbers of LTs occurred in PRE/POST-TEXT I/II tumors. Judicious patient selection is critical to distinguish tumors that are potentially resectable; simultaneously, we must advocate for patients with unresectable malignancies to receive organs.
Journal Title
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Volume
22
Issue
5
First Page
1396
Last Page
1408
MeSH Keywords
Aged; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Child; Hepatoblastoma; Humans; Liver Neoplasms; Liver Transplantation; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Retrospective Studies
Keywords
cancer/malignancy/neoplasia; clinical decision-making; clinical research/practice; liver disease: malignant; liver transplantation/hepatology; patient survival; pediatrics
Recommended Citation
Boster JM, Superina R, Mazariegos GV, et al. Predictors of survival following liver transplantation for pediatric hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma: Experience from the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT). Am J Transplant. 2022;22(5):1396-1408. doi:10.1111/ajt.16945
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