{"title":"What should be the best approach post-liver resection in non-viral non-cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma?","authors":"Mariana Verdelho Machado","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-24-132","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141231423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring treatment options for biliary tract cancers: moving beyond the era of gemcitabine and platinum doublet.","authors":"Jung Sun Kim, Hong Jae Chon","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-140","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-24-140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11190528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insights on liver-directed surgical innovations, targeted therapies, and immunotherapy for biliary tract cancer: navigating the new European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guidelines","authors":"Ajay V. Maker","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-24-63","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141231798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Confounders in developing a machine learning model for colorectal liver metastasis post-hepatectomy prognostications.","authors":"Kin Pan Au, Tan To Cheung","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-23-546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-23-546","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11007339/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140850288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yibin Wu, Jiamin Zhou, Huipeng Wang, Guojiu Fang, Weiping Zhu, Sanjun Cai, Lu Wang
{"title":"Clinical and molecular heterogeneity associated with tumor sidedness in colorectal liver metastasis: a multicenter propensity cohort study.","authors":"Yibin Wu, Jiamin Zhou, Huipeng Wang, Guojiu Fang, Weiping Zhu, Sanjun Cai, Lu Wang","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-22-285","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-22-285","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM) exhibits highly heterogeneity, with clinically and molecularly defined subgroups that differ in their prognosis. The aim of this study is to explore whether left-sided tumors is clinically and gnomically distinct from right-sided tumors in CRLM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study included 1,307 patients who underwent primary tumor and metastases resection at three academic centers in China from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2020. Propensity score matching with 1:1 ratio matching was performed. The prognostic impact of tumor sidedness was determined after stratifying by the KRAS mutational status. Moreover, whole-exome sequencing (WES) of 200 liver tumor tissues were performed to describe the heterogeneity across the analysis of somatic and germline profiles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median follow-up was 68 months. Matching yielded 481 pairs of patients. Compared to right-sided CRLM, left-sided patients experienced with better 5-year overall survival (OS) in surgery responsiveness, with a 14.6 lower risk of death [hazard ratio (HR), 1.36, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.10-1.69, P=0.004]. Interaction between tumor sidedness and KRAS status was statistically significant: left-sidedness was associated with better prognosis among KRAS wild-type patients (HR 1.71; 95% CI: 1.20-2.45; P=0.003), but not among KRAS mutated-type patients. Integrated molecular analyses showed that right-sided tumors more frequently harbored TP53, APC, KRAS, and BRAF alterations, and identified a critical role of KRAS mutation in correlation with their survival differences. Higher pathogenic germline variants were identified in the right-sided tumors compared with left-sided tumors (29.3% <i>vs</i>. 15.5%, P=0.03).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We demonstrated that the prognostic impacts of tumor sidedness in CRLM is restricted patients with KRAS wild-type tumors. Tumor sidedness displays considerable clinical and molecular heterogeneity that may associate with their therapy benefits and prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11007334/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43696764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends and hotspots of prognostic factors for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from 2013 to 2022.","authors":"Jieyu Peng, Muhan Lv, Yan Peng, Xiaowei Tang","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-23-667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-23-667","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11007332/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140856947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alternatives to left lateral segment for pediatric liver transplantation, or required surgeon toolkit?","authors":"Paola A Vargas, Nicolas Goldaracena","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-23-671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-23-671","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11007322/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140854836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bin-Yong Liang, Er-Lei Zhang, Jian Li, Xin Long, Wen-Qiang Wang, Bi-Xiang Zhang, Zhi-Wei Zhang, Yi-Fa Chen, Wan-Guang Zhang, Bin Mei, Zhen-Yu Xiao, Jin Gu, Zun-Yi Zhang, Shuai Xiang, Han-Hua Dong, Lei Zhang, Peng Zhu, Qi Cheng, Lin Chen, Zhan-Guo Zhang, Bin-Hao Zhang, Wei Dong, Xiao-Feng Liao, Tao Yin, Dong-De Wu, Bin Jiang, Yu-Feng Yuan, Zhong-Lin Zhang, Yao-Bing Chen, Kai-Yan Li, Wan Yee Lau, Xiao-Ping Chen, Zhi-Yong Huang
{"title":"A combined pre- and intra-operative nomogram in evaluation of degrees of liver cirrhosis predicts post-hepatectomy liver failure: a multicenter prospective study.","authors":"Bin-Yong Liang, Er-Lei Zhang, Jian Li, Xin Long, Wen-Qiang Wang, Bi-Xiang Zhang, Zhi-Wei Zhang, Yi-Fa Chen, Wan-Guang Zhang, Bin Mei, Zhen-Yu Xiao, Jin Gu, Zun-Yi Zhang, Shuai Xiang, Han-Hua Dong, Lei Zhang, Peng Zhu, Qi Cheng, Lin Chen, Zhan-Guo Zhang, Bin-Hao Zhang, Wei Dong, Xiao-Feng Liao, Tao Yin, Dong-De Wu, Bin Jiang, Yu-Feng Yuan, Zhong-Lin Zhang, Yao-Bing Chen, Kai-Yan Li, Wan Yee Lau, Xiao-Ping Chen, Zhi-Yong Huang","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-22-410","DOIUrl":"10.21037/hbsn-22-410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adequate evaluation of degrees of liver cirrhosis is essential in surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. The impact of the degrees of cirrhosis on prediction of post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) remains poorly defined. This study aimed to construct and validate a combined pre- and intra-operative nomogram based on the degrees of cirrhosis in predicting PHLF in HCC patients using prospective multi-center's data.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Consecutive HCC patients who underwent hepatectomy between May 18, 2019 and Dec 19, 2020 were enrolled at five tertiary hospitals. Preoperative cirrhotic severity scoring (CSS) and intra-operative direct liver stiffness measurement (DSM) were performed to correlate with the Laennec histopathological grading system. The performances of the pre-operative nomogram and combined pre- and intra-operative nomogram in predicting PHLF were compared with conventional predictive models of PHLF.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For 327 patients in this study, histopathological studies showed the rates of HCC patients with no, mild, moderate, and severe cirrhosis were 41.9%, 29.1%, 22.9%, and 6.1%, respectively. Either CSS or DSM was closely correlated with histopathological stages of cirrhosis. Thirty-three (10.1%) patients developed PHLF. The 30- and 90-day mortality rates were 0.9%. Multivariate regression analysis showed four pre-operative variables [HBV-DNA level, ICG-R15, prothrombin time (PT), and CSS], and one intra-operative variable (DSM) to be independent risk factors of PHLF. The pre-operative nomogram was constructed based on these four pre-operative variables together with total bilirubin. The combined pre- and intra-operative nomogram was constructed by adding the intra-operative DSM. The pre-operative nomogram was better than the conventional models in predicting PHLF. The prediction was further improved with the combined pre- and intra-operative nomogram.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The combined pre- and intra-operative nomogram further improved prediction of PHLF when compared with the pre-operative nomogram.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT04076631.</p>","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11007354/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46682540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alcohol-related liver disease.","authors":"Gianni Testino, Fabio Caputo","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-24-16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-24-16","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11007327/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140865084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ning-Ning Ji, Shuang Cao, Xing-Lei Song, Bei Pei, Chen-Yu Jin, Bi-Fa Fan, Hong Jiang, Ming Xia
{"title":"Glutamatergic neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus participate in the regulation of visceral pain induced by pancreatic cancer in mice.","authors":"Ning-Ning Ji, Shuang Cao, Xing-Lei Song, Bei Pei, Chen-Yu Jin, Bi-Fa Fan, Hong Jiang, Ming Xia","doi":"10.21037/hbsn-23-442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn-23-442","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Visceral pain induced by pancreatic cancer seriously affects patients' quality of life, and there is no effective treatment, because the mechanism of its neural circuit is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the main neural circuit mechanism regulating visceral pain induced by pancreatic cancer in mice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The mouse model of pancreatic cancer visceral pain was established on C57BL/6N mice by pancreatic injection of mPAKPC-luc cells. Abdominal mechanical hyperalgesia and hunch score were performed to assess visceral pain; the pseudorabies virus (PRV) was used to identify the brain regions innervating the pancreas; the c-fos co-labeling method was used to ascertain the types of activated neurons; <i>in vitro</i> electrophysiological patch-clamp technique was used to record the electrophysiological activity of specific neurons; the calcium imaging technique was used to determine the calcium activity of specific neurons; specific neuron destruction and chemogenetics methods were used to explore whether specific neurons were involved in visceral pain induced by pancreatic cancer.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The PRV injected into the pancreas was detected in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). Immunofluorescence staining showed that the majority of c-fos were co-labeled with glutamatergic neurons in the PVN. <i>In vitro</i> electrophysiological results showed that the firing frequency of glutamatergic neurons in the PVN was increased. The calcium imaging results showed that the calcium activity of glutamatergic neurons in the PVN was enhanced. Both specific destruction of glutamatergic neurons and chemogenetics inhibition of glutamatergic neurons in the PVN alleviated visceral pain induced by pancreatic cancer.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Glutamatergic neurons in the PVN participate in the regulation of visceral pain induced by pancreatic cancer in mice, providing new insights for the discovery of effective targets for the treatment of pancreatic cancer visceral pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":12878,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11007342/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140862649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}