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ArticleClinical Medicine Insights. Oncology2023

Development and Validation of Nomograms to Predict the Prognosis of Patients With Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receiving Transarterial Chemoembolization.

Dongxu Zhao, Wei Xu, Yi Zhan, Lin Xu, Wenbin Ding, Aibing Xu, Zhongheng Hou, Caifang Ni

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Dongxu ZhaoDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6589-9908
Wei XuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Yi ZhanDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Lin XuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Wenbin DingDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Nantong Municipal First People's Hospital, Nantong, China.
Aibing XuDepartment of Interventional Therapy, Nantong Tumor Hospital, Nantong, China.
Zhongheng HouDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, China.
Caifang NiDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

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Background: Recent studies have shown that inflammatory indicators are closely related to the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, and they can serve as powerful indices for predicting recurrence and survival time after treatment. However, the predictive ability of inflammatory indicators has not been systematically studied in patients receiving transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). Therefore, the objective of this research was to determine the predictive value of preoperative inflammatory indicators for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with TACE. Methods: Our retrospective research involved 381 treatment-naïve patients in 3 institutions, including Results: Multivariate analysis revealed that the levels of aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) and lymphocyte count were independent influential indicators for overall survival (OS), whereas the levels of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) was an independent influential index for progression. Nomograms exhibited an excellent concordance index (C-index), in the nomogram of OS, the C-index was 0.753 and 0.755 in training and validation cohort, respectively; and in the nomogram of progression, the C-index was 0.781 and 0.700, respectively. The time-dependent C-index, time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC), and time-dependent area under the curve (AUC) of the nomogram all exhibited ideal discrimination ability. Calibration curves significantly coincided with the standard lines, which indicated that the nomogram had high stability and low degree of over-fitting. Decision curve analysis revealed a wider range of threshold probabilities and could augment net benefits. The Kaplan-Meier curves for risk stratification indicated that the prognosis of patients varied significantly between risk categories ( Conclusions: The developed prognostic nomograms based on preoperative inflammatory indicators revealed high predictive accuracy for survival and recurrence. It can be a valuable clinical instrument for guiding individualized treatment and predicting prognosis.

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Hepatocellular carcinomainflammatory markernomogramprognosistransarterial chemoembolization

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