The effect of chronic viral hepatitis on prognostic value of inflammatory biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma
Sellers CM, Uhlig J, Ludwig JM, Pollak JS, Taddei TH, Stein SM, Lim JK, Kim HS. The effect of chronic viral hepatitis on prognostic value of inflammatory biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Medicine 2021, 10: 5395-5404. PMID: 34318618, PMCID: PMC8366096, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic viral hepatitisViral hepatitisHepatocellular carcinomaMultivariable analysisMedian OSNLR groupHepatitis CKaplan-Meier overall survival curvesCox hazard proportional modelHigher median OSLow baseline NLROverall survival curvesTertiary care institutionBaseline NLRDecreased OSNonviral hepatitisHigh NLRInflammatory biomarkersLow NLRMultivariable adjustmentOverall survivalLymphocyte ratioPrognostic valueRetrospective studyPrognostic relevance