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Systematic review with meta-analysis: development of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B patients with hepatitis B surface antigen seroclearance
F. Liu1, X.-W. Wang1, L. Chen1,2, P. Hu1, H. Ren1 andH.-D. Hu1,2,*
Article first published online: 27 APR 2016
DOI: 10.1111/apt.13634
© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Issue
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 43, Issue 12, pages 1253–1261, June 2016
Article has an altmetric score of 2
1 Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
2 Department of Clinical Nutrition, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
* Correspondence to:
Dr H.-D. Hu, PhD, Department of Clinical Nutrition/Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.76, Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400010, China.
E-mail: [email protected]
As part of AP&T's peer-review process, a technical check of this meta-analysis was performed by Dr Y. Yuan. This article was accepted for publication after full peer-review.
Fen Liu and Xi-Wei Wang contributed equally to this work.
Summary
Background
The seroclearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is considered to be associated with favourable clinical outcomes. However, previous studies with inconsistent findings reported that hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) could still develop in those patients.
Aim
To establish the proportion of HCC occurrence in CHB patients after HBsAg seroclearance, a systematic review and meta-analysis was performed.
Methods
Databases of Medline, Web of Science and Embase were searched from inception to July 2015. The proportion of patients who developed HCC after HBsAg seroclearance was pooled by a random-effects model.
Results
Twenty-eight studies were finally included, involving 34 952 patients with HBsAg seroclearance. The overall pooled proportion suggested that 2.29% (95% CI: 1.19–4.37%) CHB patients would develop HCC despite HBsAg seroclearance. In HBsAg seroclearance patients without cirrhosis and HCV co-infection, the pooled proportion of HCC development was 1.55% (95% CI: 0.92–2.61%). Moreover, patients with cirrhosis or age greater than 50 years at the time of HBsAg seroclearance were at significantly higher risk for HCC development. Nonetheless, the seroclearance of HBsAg was significantly associated with a reduced risk for HCC compared with persistently positive HBsAg (RR = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.20–0.56, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
Despite that HBsAg seroclearance can significantly reduce the risk for HCC, HCC can still develop in a proportion of CHB patient after HBsAg seroclearance. Closer attention should be paid to those patients with established cirrhosis or older age than 50 years at the time of HBsAg seroclearance.
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