Long-term outcome of liver transplantation for neuroendocrine tumour non-resectable liver metastases: a Belgian retrospective multi-centre study

Liver transplantation (LT) is the only curative treatment for non-resectable liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumours (NET-Liver-mets). The adoption of strict indication criteria improves long-term survival. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all of patients who underwent LT by NET-mets at the six LT centres in Belgium from 1986 to 2020. Patient and tumour characteristics, indication for transplantation and surgical techniques, long-term survival of the patient, and tumour recurrence rate were analysed to identify prognostic factors to improve our guidelines. Forty patients... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Bonaccorsi-Riani, E
Cloquell, I
DETRY, Olivier
MEURISSE, Nicolas
Ysebaert, D
Verslype, C
Pirenne, J
Berrevoet, F
Vanlansder, A
Lucidi, V
Borbat, I
Dokumenttyp: conference paper not in proceedings
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Schlagwörter: greffe / foie / métastase / tumeur neuro-endocrine / Human health sciences / Oncology / Surgery / Gastroenterology & hepatology / Sciences de la santé humaine / Oncologie / Chirurgie / Gastroentérologie & hépatologie
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26513991
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Link(s) : https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/263894

Liver transplantation (LT) is the only curative treatment for non-resectable liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumours (NET-Liver-mets). The adoption of strict indication criteria improves long-term survival. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all of patients who underwent LT by NET-mets at the six LT centres in Belgium from 1986 to 2020. Patient and tumour characteristics, indication for transplantation and surgical techniques, long-term survival of the patient, and tumour recurrence rate were analysed to identify prognostic factors to improve our guidelines. Forty patients underwent a LT for NET-Liver-mets in Belgium. Most patients were male (74.2%) with a mean age of 41.9 and 47.1 years at the time of NET diagnosis and liver transplantation, respectively. The location of the primary tumour was mainly the pancreas in 57.5%, followed by the small intestine in 25% of the cases, and in 84% of the patients the primary tumour was resected before LT. The post-LT overall patient survival rate at 1, 5, and 10 years are: 84,3%, 65,0% and 54,6% respectively, while the overall disease-free survival are 76,3%, 44,5% and 38.2 in the same intervals. However, the survival rate of transplant patients after 2010 at 1, 5 and 10 years is 84.2%, 74.8 and 74.8% compared to 85%, 60.0% and 49, 5% of transplanted patients before 2010. These findings suggest an improvement in the long-term survival rate for patients undergoing LT after 2010. In conclusion, our study shows that LT is a valid treatment for non-resectable liver metastasis from neuroendocrine tumours.