The prognostic value of simple inflammation-related indexes in predicting liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract

Abstract: Liver transplantation is an important treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma, but the recurrence rate remains unsatisfied. Systemic inflammatory response can be reflected by a number of common serological markers including neutrophils, lymphocytes, platelets, C-reactive protein and simple inflammatory indexes constructed by these factors. Many researches reported that these inflammatory indexes are important to predict the prognosis of HCC patients underwent liver transplantation. The purpose of this review is to summarize the published work on the prognostic value of simple inflammation based markers such as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte-monocyte ratio, systemic immune inflammation index, prognostic nutrient index, and Glasgow prognostic score in HCC patients following liver transplantation.

Key words: Inflammation-related index, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Liver transplantation, Prognosis

Cao Yin, Wang Zhongxia, Jiang Chunping. The prognostic value of simple inflammation-related indexes in predicting liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma[J]. Electronic Journal of Liver Tumor, 2021, 8(3): 35-40.

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