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ArticleRadiation oncology (London, England)2023

Establishment and validation of a prognostic pomogram in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with intensity modulated radiotherapy: a real world study.

Meiying Long, Jianxu Li, Meiling He, Jialin Qiu, Ruijun Zhang, Yingchun Liu, Chunfeng Liang, Haiyan Lu, Yadan Pang, Hongmei Zhou and 2 more

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Meiying Long *Department of Experimental Research, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Jianxu Li *Department of Radiation Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Meiling HeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Jialin QiuDepartment of Experimental Research, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Ruijun ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Yingchun LiuDepartment of Experimental Research, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Chunfeng LiangOncology Medical College, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Haiyan LuOncology Medical College, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Yadan PangOncology Medical College, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Hongmei ZhouOncology Medical College, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China.
Hongping YuDepartment of Experimental Research, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China. yuhongping@stu.gxmu.edu.cn.
Moqin QiuDepartment of Respiratory Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China. qiumoqin@stu.gxmu.edu.cn.

Funding

Guangxi Universities Training Program of Young Teachers 2022KY0079Key Laboratory of Early Prevention and Treatment for Regional High Frequency Tumor Guangxi Medical UniversityKey Research and Development Project of Guangxi AA18221001Ministry of Education GKE-KF202007 and GKE-ZZ202118Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province 2018GXNSFDA050012Self-Raised Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Health of Guangxi Province Z20201371Youth Program of Scientific Research Foundation of Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital 2021-10
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Abstract

backgroundTo establish a prognostic model to predict the overall survival (OS) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).

methodsThe unresectable HCC patients treated with IMRT were retrospectively analyzed and randomized into development cohort (n = 237) and validation cohort (n = 103) in a 7:3 ratio. We developed a prognosis model with the multivariate Cox regression analysis in the development cohort to derive the predictive nomogram, which was then validated in the validation cohort. Model performance was evaluated by the c-index, the area under curve(AUC) and the calibration plot.

resultsA total of 340 patients were enrolled. Tumor numbers > 3 (HR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.21-2.37), AFP ≥ 400 ng/ml (HR = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.10-2.10), PLT < 100 × 10^9(HR = 1.7495% CI = 1.11-2.73), ALP > 150U/L (HR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.15-2.37) and prior surgery (HR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.43-0.93) were independent prognostic factors. The nomogram based on independent factors was constructed. The c-index for OS prediction was 0.658 (95% CI, 0.647-0.804) and 0.683 (95% CI, 0.580-0.785) in the development and validation cohort, respectively. The nomogram demonstrated good discriminative ability with AUC rates of 0.726, 0.739 and 0.753 at 1-year, 2-year and 3-year models in the development cohort, and 0.715, 0.756 and 0.780 in the validation cohort, respectively. Additionally, good prognostic discrimination of the nomogram is also reflected in stratifying patients into two subgroups with distinct prognosis.

conclusionsWe constructed a prognostic nomogram for predicting the survival of patients with unresectable HCC treated with IMRT.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedHumansNomogramsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesHepatocellular carcinomaIntensity modulated radiotherapyNomogramPrognostic modelRisk score

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PMCPMC10245442

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