A novel nomogram based on GD for predicting prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The prognosis of liver cancer remains unfavorable nowadays, making the search for predictive biomarkers of liver cancer prognosis of paramount importance to guide clinical diagnosis and treatment. This study was conducted to explore more prognostic markers for most HCC.

Patients and methods

A total of 330 patients were enrolled in this study according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Follow-up data were collected for all patients until the cutoff date of the study, February 2023. In addition, patient outcomes were assessed with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). All statistical analysis was conducted using R 4.2.0 software.

Results

Univariate analysis illustrated that the GD [the product of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) co

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10646613 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature