L Viganò1,2, B Branciforte1, V Laurenti1, G Costa1, F Procopio1, M Cimino1, D Del Fabbro1, L Di Tommaso2,3, G Torzilli4,5. 1. Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via A. Manzoni, 56, 20089, Milan, Rozzano, Italy. 2. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Pieve Emanuele, Italy. 3. Pathology Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Rozzano, Italy. 4. Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via A. Manzoni, 56, 20089, Milan, Rozzano, Italy. guido.torzilli@hunimed.eu. 5. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Pieve Emanuele, Italy. guido.torzilli@hunimed.eu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The histopathological growth pattern (HGP) of colorectal liver metastases (CLM) has been associated with prognosis. This study was designed to elucidate if the HGP is associated with local recurrence risk and impacts the adequate width of surgical margin. METHODS: All consecutive patients resected for CLM in 2018-2019 were considered. HGP was prospectively classified as follows: desmoplastic, pushing, and replacement. Surgical margin was classified as follows: R0 (margin ≥ 1 mm), R1vasc (0-mm margin, tumor detachment from intrahepatic vessels), and R1par (tumor exposure along transection plane). R0 resections were further distinguished in R0min (1-mm margin) and R0wide (> 1-mm margin). RESULTS: A total of 340 resection areas in 136 patients were analyzed (70 R0min, 143 R0wide, 31 R1vasc, 96 R1par). HGP was desmoplastic in 26 cases, pushing in 221, and replacement in 93. Thirty-six local recurrences occurred (11%, median follow-up 21 months): 1 after R0wide, 4 after R0min, 3 after R1vasc, and 28 after R1par resection. In R1par group, local recurrence rate was high independently of HGP (29%). In R1vasc and R0min groups, local recurrence risk was higher in the replacement group (R1vasc: 29% vs. 4% if pushing/desmoplastic; R0min: 11% vs. 4%). In R0wide group, local recurrence risk was low for all HGP ( < 1%). Independent predictors of local recurrence were replacement HGP (odds ratio = 1.654, P = 0.036), and R1par resection (odds ratio = 57.209, P < 0.001 vs. R0). CONCLUSIONS: Replacement HGP is associated with an increased risk of local recurrence. In these patients, a wide surgical margin should be pursued, because R1vasc and R0min resections could be insufficient. R1par resection is inadequate, independently of the HGP.
BACKGROUND: The histopathological growth pattern (HGP) of colorectal liver metastases (CLM) has been associated with prognosis. This study was designed to elucidate if the HGP is associated with local recurrence risk and impacts the adequate width of surgical margin. METHODS: All consecutive patients resected for CLM in 2018-2019 were considered. HGP was prospectively classified as follows: desmoplastic, pushing, and replacement. Surgical margin was classified as follows: R0 (margin ≥ 1 mm), R1vasc (0-mm margin, tumor detachment from intrahepatic vessels), and R1par (tumor exposure along transection plane). R0 resections were further distinguished in R0min (1-mm margin) and R0wide (> 1-mm margin). RESULTS: A total of 340 resection areas in 136 patients were analyzed (70 R0min, 143 R0wide, 31 R1vasc, 96 R1par). HGP was desmoplastic in 26 cases, pushing in 221, and replacement in 93. Thirty-six local recurrences occurred (11%, median follow-up 21 months): 1 after R0wide, 4 after R0min, 3 after R1vasc, and 28 after R1par resection. In R1par group, local recurrence rate was high independently of HGP (29%). In R1vasc and R0min groups, local recurrence risk was higher in the replacement group (R1vasc: 29% vs. 4% if pushing/desmoplastic; R0min: 11% vs. 4%). In R0wide group, local recurrence risk was low for all HGP ( < 1%). Independent predictors of local recurrence were replacement HGP (odds ratio = 1.654, P = 0.036), and R1par resection (odds ratio = 57.209, P < 0.001 vs. R0). CONCLUSIONS: Replacement HGP is associated with an increased risk of local recurrence. In these patients, a wide surgical margin should be pursued, because R1vasc and R0min resections could be insufficient. R1par resection is inadequate, independently of the HGP.
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