Abstract:
Objective:To explore the prognostic value of enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning in predicting the prognosis of microvascular invasion (MVI) after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE) in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC).
Methods:A total of 100 PHC patients with MVI after TACE admitted to Nanchong Central Hospital of Sichuan Province from January 2020 to January 2022were selected, and quantitative parametershepatic artery perfusion index (HPI), volume transfer constant (K
trans)were obtained by MRI enhanced scanning.The incidence of recurrence within 1 year after surgery was analyzed.The patients were divided into recurrence group and non-recurrence group according to whether recurrence occurred within 1 year after surgery.Clinical data, serum tumor markerscarcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), alphafetoprotein (AFP), MRI imaging characteristics and quantitative parameters of the two groups were compared, and prognostic factors were analyzed by logistic regression model.The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the value of MRI quantitative parameters in predicting recurrence, and the area under the ROC curve (AUC), net reclassification index (NRI) as well as comprehensive discriminant improvement index (IDI) were used to evaluate the prediction effect of prediction schemes with and without MRI quantitative parameters.
Results:The recurrence rate of 98 patients was 45.92%(45/98) after 1 year follow-up.There were significant differences in tumor number, intratumoral necrosis, tumor diameter ratio, serum CEA and AFP levels between the recurrence group and the non-recurrence group (
P<0.05).MRI imaging features of patients with and without recurrence were similar, but HPI and K
transin the recurrence group were higher than those in the non-recurrence group (
P<0.05).Tumor number, intratumbral necrosis, tumor diameter ratio, serum CEA, AFP, HPI and K
transwere all influencing factors for postoperative recurrence (
P<0.05).The AUC predicted by HPI and K
transwas 0.862, which was higher than that predicted by HPI and K
transalone (
P<0.05).The AUC with and without MRI quantitative parameter prediction scheme (0.930 vs.0.815) was significantly different (
P<0.05).NRI and IDI analysis showed that the prediction effect of the prediction scheme with MRI quantitative parameters was significantly improved compared with that without MRI quantitative parameters (
P<0.05).
Conclusion:Postoperative recurrence of PHC patients with MVI after TACE surgery is affected by the tumor number, intratumbral necrosis, tumor diameter ratio, serum CEA, AFP, HPI, K
transand other factors.The prediction scheme including MRI quantitative parameters HPI and K
transhas a high value in predicting postoperative recurrence.