ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2024
Prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma using the albumin to alkaline phosphatase ratio, literature review, and meta-analysis.
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- A Commentary on "Prognostic significance of the albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio in gastrointestinal cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis".International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic and prognostic nomograms for lymph node metastasis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.Medicine · 2025Article
- Prognostic value of albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio and CONUT score in rectal cancer patients undergoing XELOX-based chemotherapy: development of a nomogram-based predictive model.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
- A study on the correlation between albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio and the severity of pelvic inflammatory disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Preoperative Albumin to Alkaline Phosphatase Ratio and Inflammatory Burden Index for Rectal Cancer Prognostic Nomogram-Construction: Based on Multiple Machine Learning.Journal of inflammation research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Data about the impact of albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio (AAPR) on prognosis in hepatocellular cancer (HCC) patients are inconclusive and conflicting. Methods: The authors systematically searched literatures from seven databases (PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, Google Scholar, and CINAHL), updated to September 2023. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs were pooled and synthesized using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis version 3 in order to assess the overall impact of AAPR on patient's prognosis. Results: In total, 8 studies involving 13 cohorts with 3774 cases were included. Pooled results from both univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that higher AAPR was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (HR=0.429, 95% CI: 0.361-0.509, Conclusions: In summary, higher AAPR could be considered as a reliable prognostic factor in patients with HCC, which could be used as a routine inspection of HCC patients to individualized prognosis prediction and clinical decision making.
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