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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2026

Frailty in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Unsettled Clinical Challenge.

Antonio Bonato, Pietro Guerra, Alessandro Vitale, Andrea Martini, Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Fegato (AISF) HCC Special Interest Group

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Antonio BonatoUnit of Internal Medicine and Hepatology (UIMH), Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Pietro GuerraUnit of Internal Medicine and Hepatology (UIMH), Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-1288-709X
Alessandro VitaleGeneral Surgery 2, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4548-8308
Andrea MartiniUnit of Internal Medicine and Hepatology (UIMH), Department of Medicine (DIMED), Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7958-1906
Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Fegato (AISF) HCC Special Interest Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frailty is a clinical syndrome originally described in geriatrics but increasingly recognized across multiple medical fields. A wide variety of clinical tools have been developed to identify and quantify frailty in different contexts. In oncology, the Performance Status (PS) has long guided therapeutic decisions; however, with the evolution of cancer treatments and the aging of the patient population, a more comprehensive assessment of frailty is emerging as a valuable clinical tool. In patients with cirrhosis, frailty may manifest earlier than in the general population, and the Liver Frailty Index (LFI) has gained prominence as a validated measure among liver transplant candidates. Individuals with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may exhibit frailty due to both the underlying cirrhosis and tumor burden. Nonetheless, evidence on the role of frailty in guiding treatment decisions for HCC remains limited, and standardized assessment tools are still lacking to optimize patient stratification and therapeutic allocation.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularFrailtyLiver NeoplasmsHumansLiver Cirrhosiscirrhosisfrailtyhepatocellular carcinoma

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PMID41590378
PMCPMC12840176

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