Preoperative gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI combined with MVI can effectively predicte early recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma

Synopsis: The purpose of this study is to determine whether preoperative gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI combined with microvascular invasion can effectively improve the predictive efficacy of early recurrence in HCC. We retrospectively reviewed patients with HBV who underwent curative resection for HCC, analysed preoperative factors to develop a preoperative model, and analysed both preoperative factors and microvascular invasion to develop a pre-/postoperative prediction model. Our study showed that the preoperative and pre-/postoperative prediction models demonstrate good performance for predicting early recurrence, the AUC of the two prediction model better than only the MVI risk factor.