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ABSTRACT: Purpose
This work evaluated the prognostic performance of Child-Pugh (CP), albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) and platelet-albumin-bilirubin (PALBI) scores in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT).Results
The study included 174 consecutive patients with 63% at CP A5 (n = 110) and 34% at CP A6 (n = 64). The median ALBI score was -2.39 (range: -3.61 to -1.41) with 34.5% at grade A1 (n = 60) and 65.5% at grade A2 (n = 114). The median PALBI score was -2.39 (range -3.39 to -1.24) with 33.3% at grade 1 (n = 58), 41.4% at grade 2 (n = 72) and 25.3% at grade 3 (n = 44). With a median follow-up of 21.7 months, the median OS of the entire cohort was 22.2 months. OS was significantly associated with the PALBI grade (p = 0.002) and for the ALBI grade (p = 0.00495), but not for the CP score (p = 0.46). The PALBI grade has a significantly higher AUC compared than the ALBI grade or CP scores in predicting OS. The PALBI grade was predictive of CP score decline ?2 (20% grade 3 vs. 5.3% grade 1/2 p = 0.05) but the ALBI and CP scores were not.Conclusion
Among CP A HCC patients receiving radiotherapy, the PALBI and ALBI grade maybe a better prognostic tool than the CP score. The role of PALBI in predicting liver toxicity warranted further exploration.Methods
We retrospectively reviewed HCC patients treated with individualized hypo-fractionated radiotherapy (IHRT) using stereotactic technique from 2006 to 2015. We collected CP, ALBI and PALBI scores prior to treatment and analyzed their correlation with overall survival (OS) and liver toxicity.
SUBMITTER: Ho CHM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6034750 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ho Connie H M CHM Chiang Chi-Leung CL Lee Francis A S FAS Choi Horace C W HCW Chan Jeffery C H JCH Yeung Cynthia S Y CSY Huang J J JJ Chan Mark K H MKH Blanck Oliver O Wong Frank C S FCS
Oncotarget 20180622 48
<h4>Purpose</h4>This work evaluated the prognostic performance of Child-Pugh (CP), albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) and platelet-albumin-bilirubin (PALBI) scores in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT).<h4>Results</h4>The study included 174 consecutive patients with 63% at CP A5 (<i>n</i> = 110) and 34% at CP A6 (<i>n</i> = 64). The median ALBI score was -2.39 (range: -3.61 to -1.41) with 34.5% at grade A1 (<i>n</i> = 60) and 65.5% at grade A2 (<i>n</i> = 114). The median ...[more]