Prognostic value of preoperative inflammatory markers in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent curative resection

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Title: Prognostic value of preoperative inflammatory markers in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent curative resection
Authors: Wenlong Wu, Quancheng Wang, Dandan Han, Jianhui Li, Ye Nie, Dongnan Guo, Long Yang, Kaishan Tao, Xuan Zhang, Kefeng Dou
Source: Cancer Cell International, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
LCC:Cytology
Subject Terms: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase-to-platelet ratio, Aminotransferase-to-lymphocyte ratio, Prognosis, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282, Cytology, QH573-671
More Details: Abstract Background The prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is not optimistic. Our study focused on present inflammatory markers, including the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase-to-platelet ratio (GPR), aspartate aminotransferase-to-lymphocyte ratio (ALR) and fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR), and explored their optimal combination for the prognosis of HCC after resection. Methods A total of 347 HCC patients who underwent curative resection were enrolled. The optimal cutoff values of the inflammatory markers were calculated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, and used to divide patients into two groups whose differences were compared by Kaplan–Meier analysis. Cox univariate and multivariate analyses were used to analyze the independent prognostic inflammatory markers. The χ2 test was chosen to determine the relationship between independent prognostic inflammatory markers and clinicopathological features. We created combined scoring models and evaluated them by Cox univariate and multivariate methods. The concordance index (C-index), Akaike information criterion (AIC) and likelihood ratio were calculated to compare the models. The selected optimal inflammatory markers and their combinations were tested in different stages of HCC by Kaplan–Meier analysis. Results The ALR and GPR were independent prognostic factors for disease-free survival (DFS); the ALR, PLR, and GPR were independent prognostic factors for overall survival (OS). The proposed GPR and ALR-GPR-PLR score models were independent predictors for DFS and OS, respectively. Conclusion The preoperative GPR and ALR-GPR-PLR score models were independent predictors for DFS and OS, respectively, and performed well in stratifying patients with HCC. The higher the score in the model was, the worse the prognosis.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1475-2867
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2867
DOI: 10.1186/s12935-021-02204-3
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/c16a5adf32264faf95c0cc92c4ec4863
Accession Number: edsdoj.16a5adf32264faf95c0cc92c4ec4863
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:14752867
DOI:10.1186/s12935-021-02204-3
Published in:Cancer Cell International
Language:English