A prognostic model based on gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase-derived neutrophil-platelet for predicting intrahepatic recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma
摘要
This study aims to investigate the prognostic significance of the combined GNR and GPR in patients with early-stage hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HBV-HCC).
MethodsRetrospective analysis was performed on clinical data of 145 HBV-infected patients with early-stage HCC (ESHCC) who underwent radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and/or surgical resection. Patients were randomly allocated to training (n = 103) and validation (n = 42) cohorts for further survival analysis and model verification. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) was used for evaluating the diagnostic performance of ERM-model. And at the optimal cutoff, a survival analysis on all patients was conducted. Simultaneously, all patients were divided into different subgroups to evaluating ERM-Model.
ResultsMultivariate Cox analysis identified GNR and GPR as independent risk factors for postoperative intrahepatic recurrence (IHR). The combined biomarkers panel demonstrated superior diagnostic accuracy (AUC = 0.812) compared to AFP (AUC = 0.773). Survival analysis showed a significantly higher 2-year cumulative non-IHR rate in the low-risk group (logit(P) < 0.398) verus the high-risk group (logit(P) ≥ 0.398, p < 0.001). Subgroup analysis of all patients that ERM-model showed differencesin HCC stage stratification, with higher diagnostic accuracy for BCLC stage A cases compared to BCLC stage 0 cases.
ConclusionsGNR and GPR are valuable predictors of IHR in ESHCC. Clinicians can leverage this dual-marker model to assess risk and tailor personalized follow-up strategies.