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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2022

The value of the Advanced Lung Cancer Inflammation Index (ALI) in assessing the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with camrelizumab: a retrospective cohort study.

Qian Li, Fei Ma, Diamantis I Tsilimigras, Fredrik Åberg, Ju Feng Wang

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Qian LiDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Fei MaDepartment of General Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Diamantis I TsilimigrasDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Fredrik ÅbergTransplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland.
Ju Feng WangDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Zhengzhou University · CNHelsinki University Hospital · FIHenan Cancer Hospital · CNThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · US

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Background: The Advanced Lung Cancer Inflammation Index (ALI) is considered a useful prognostic biomarker for clinical outcome in patients with malignancy. However, the prognostic value of ALI in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. In this study we assessed the prognostic value of the ALI in patients with HCC treated with camrelizumab. Methods: This retrospective study analyzed patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with the ICI, camrelizumab alone or in combination at Henan Cancer Hospital from January 2017 to January 2020. Sixty-five patients were finally screened for at least 2 years of follow-up according to the inclusion criteria, with no significant differences in patient baseline data. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the optimal cut-off point for the ALI which was compared to other clinical indicators for predicting survival. A Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional analysis were conducted to examine the association between the ALI and patient prognosis. Results: The median overall survival (OS) for the overall group of patients was 383 days, the area under the curve for ALI was 0.815 and the optimal cut-off value for predicting OS was 34.65. The median OS for patients with an ALI score ≤34.65 was 336 days and that for patients with an ALI score >34.65 was 524 days. The univariate analysis showed that the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level, and the ALI score predicted OS. The multivariate analysis showed that the ALI score was an independent prognostic factor of OS in patients with advanced HCC who had been treated with immunotherapy [hazard ratio (HR) =0.285, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.097-0.833, P=0.022]. A nomogram that included ALI performed well relative to the prediction of prognosis after immunotherapy for patients with advanced liver cancer. Conclusions: The ALI may be a new prognostic marker in patients with advanced HCC undergoing immunotherapy.

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Advanced Lung Cancer Inflammation Index (ALI)camrelizumabhepatocellular liver cancerprognosis

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