Open AccessComparison of albumin-bilirubin grade versus Child-Pugh score in predicting the outcome of transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma using time-dependent ROC
Author(s) -
Shoujie Zhao,
Ting Zhang,
Huichen Li,
Mengmeng Wang,
Ke Xu,
Desha Zheng,
Xilin Du,
Lei Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2020.02.124
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , medicine , bilirubin , albumin , gastroenterology , oncology
In stratifying prognosis for HCC patients who had received TACE therapy, the ALBI grade provided better prognostic performance and discrimination of liver function than Child-Pugh score. These results suggest that ALBI grade could provide an alternative liver function grading system for stratification of patients with HCC.
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