PMID: 26770426Jan 16, 2016Paper

Sarcopenia as a prognostic factor in hepatolithiasis-associated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma patients following hepatectomy: a retrospective study

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Gongting ZhouQiyu Zhang

Abstract

Sarcopenia is closely associated with poor performance status and high mortality in cancer patients. The present study is to determine the correlation between sarcopenia and prognosis of hepatectomy for hepatolithiasis-associated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHHCC). Sixty-seven eligible IHHCC patients who underwent hepatectomy, between January 2000 and August 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. Sarcopenia was determined from skeletal muscle index (SMI), assessed by skeletal muscle mass on axial computed tomography images. Factors contributing to overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) were analyzed by univariate and multivariate analyses. Sarcopenia occurred in 33 (49.3%) out of 67 patients. Median OS of the enrolled patients was 12 months. Sarcopenic patients had a shorter OS compared with non-sarcopenic patients (P < 0.001). On univariate analyses, sarcopenia was significantly associated with overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS; both P < 0.05). On multivariate analysis, sarcopenic patients suffered poor overall survival (P < 0.001) and recurrence-free survival (P = 0.011) compared with non-sarcopenic patients. Preoperative sarcopenia is an independent biomarker of poor prognosis in IH...Continue Reading

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