ArticleOncology letters2021
Preoperative prognostic nutritional index predicts short- and long-term outcomes after liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Prognostic significance of preoperative prognostic nutritional index in hepatocellular carcinoma after curative hepatectomy: a meta-analysis and systemic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- The relationship between the tumor microenvironment of hepatocellular carcinoma - including cancer-associated fibroblasts and tumor-associated macrophages - and apparent diffusion coefficient.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
- Combined impact of prognostic nutritional index, fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on surgical outcomes and prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
- Machine Learning Model Based on Prognostic Nutritional Index for Predicting Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With HCC Undergoing Ablation.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Effect of bile duct resection on the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma combined with extrahepatic bile duct tumor thrombus.BMC cancer · 2024Article
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- Predictors for early recurrence beyond up-to-7 or distant metastasis after hepatocellular carcinoma resection: proposal for borderline resectable HCC.International journal of clinical oncology · 2024Article
- Preoperative Weight Loss Program for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with High Body Mass Index in Hepatectomy.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Prognostic significance of psoas muscle index in male hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and tyrosine kinase inhibitors.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- Preoperative Prognostic Nutritional Index May Be a Strong Predictor of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2022Article
- Preoperative Prognostic Nutritional Index and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predict Survival Outcomes of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Curative Resection.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Prediction Efficacy of Prognostic Nutritional Index and Albumin-Bilirubin Grade in Patients With Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma After Radical Resection: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 535 Patients.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is one of the immune parameters calculated on the basis of the serum albumin and the total lymphocyte count. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prognostic significance of the PNI for short- and long-term outcomes after liver resection for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Data from 162 surgically treated patients with HCC (without any previous treatment) were retrospectively analyzed. The cutoff value of preoperative PNI was 45.0, which was calculated by a receiver operating characteristic curve for predicting the recurrence of HCC after liver resection. Patients were divided into low (n=86) and high (n=76) PNI groups. In short-term outcomes, patients in the low PNI group were more likely to experience postoperative complications compared with those in the high PNI group. The 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate in the low PNI group was significantly lower compared with that in the high PNI group (20.5% vs. 48.7%). In the multivariate analysis, a low PNI was an independent prognostic factor for DFS (HR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.00-2.71). In conclusion, the preoperative PNI may be a prognostic factor for evaluating short- and long-term outcomes after liver resection in patients with HCC.
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