The comparison between albumin-bilirubin grade and Child-Pugh grade for assessing the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after thermal ablation: a propensity score-matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thermal ablation is one of the first-line treatments for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with a massive potential of long-term cure. However, it is disadvantaged by the relatively high rate of postoperative recurrence. In this study, a comparison was performed in the prognostic performance between albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade and Child-Pugh (C-P) grade for those HCC patients undergoing thermal ablation.

Methods

A total of 467 patients undergoing thermal ablation as the initial therapy were recruited and retrospectively analyzed. Then, an investigation was carried out into the prognostic values of overall survival (OS) and recurrence free survival (RFS) through ALBI grade and C-P score, separately. Besides, propensity-score matching (PSM) was perform

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9459596 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature