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Modified CLIP score with the albumin-bilirubin grade retains prognostic value in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization therapy

Xiu-Rong Cai*1, Zhan-Hong Chen*1,2✉, Meng-Meng Liu*1, Jin-Xiang Lin1, Xiao-Ping Zhang3, Jie Chen1, Qu Lin1, Xiao-Kun Ma1, Jing-Yun Wen1, Si-Dong Xie4, Xiang-Yuan Wu1, Min Dong1✉

1. Department of Medical Oncology and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, China
2. Department of Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, 651 Dongfengdong Road, Guangzhou, 510060, China
3. Meihua Street Community Health Service Center, Yuexiu District Guangzhou, 510000, China
4. Department of Radiology and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, China
* These authors contributed equally to this work

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Cai XR, Chen ZH, Liu MM, Lin JX, Zhang XP, Chen J, Lin Q, Ma XK, Wen JY, Xie SD, Wu XY, Dong M. Modified CLIP score with the albumin-bilirubin grade retains prognostic value in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization therapy. J Cancer 2018; 9(13):2380-2388. doi:10.7150/jca.22925. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p2380.htm
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Abstract

Background: The Cancer of the Liver Italian Program (CLIP) score is commonly used for prognosis prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The CLIP includes the Child-Pugh grade, which is relatively subjective, for hepatic encephalopathy assessment. A newly developed scoring system called albumin-bilirubin grade (ALBI grade), consists of albumin and bilirubin to assess liver function reserve objectively. Here, we substituted the ALBI grade for the Child-Pugh grade to establish the ALBI-CLIP scoring system and validated its prognostic value in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related HCC patients treated with trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) therapy.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed HBV-related HCC patients who received TACE therapy. Baseline characteristics were collected and evaluated to classify patients according to ALBI-CLIP, CLIP and TNM systems. Univariate analyses using the Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test, as well as multivariate analysis using the Cox proportional hazards regression model, were conducted to detect independent prognostic factors for overall survival. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and a likelihood ratio test (LRT) were both utilized to compare the values of ALBI-CLIP, CLIP and TNM staging systems in predicting survival.

Results: With a total of 389 patients included in the current study, 301 (77.4%) and 88 (22.6%) were classified as Child-Pugh grade A and B, respectively. However, 152 (39.1%), 227 (58.4%) and 10 (2.5%) patients were correspondingly classified into ALBI grade 1, 2 and 3. The areas under the curves of ALBI-CLIP, CLIP and TNM systems were 0.804, 0.778 and 0.734, respectively, for predicting 3-month survival; 0.796, 0.778 and 0.733, respectively, for 6-month survival; 0.697, 0.687 and 0.644, respectively, for 1-year survival; and 0.618, 0.612 and 0.569, respectively, for 2-year survival. The LRT indicated that the ALBI-CLIP and the CLIP had similar values of χ2 and Akaike information criterion (AIC) while the TNM system had the smallest χ2 value (χ2 = 12.1, 11.9, 10.5; AIC = 2620.2, 2620.5, 2621.1 for ALBI-CLIP, CLIP and TNM, respectively).

Conclusions: In conclusion, our present study suggested that the ALBI-CLIP scoring system retained the prognostic value of the CLIP in HBV-related HCC treated with TACE therapy.

Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatitis B virus, albumin-bilirubin grade, CLIP, prognosis, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization


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Cai, X.R., Chen, Z.H., Liu, M.M., Lin, J.X., Zhang, X.P., Chen, J., Lin, Q., Ma, X.K., Wen, J.Y., Xie, S.D., Wu, X.Y., Dong, M. (2018). Modified CLIP score with the albumin-bilirubin grade retains prognostic value in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization therapy. Journal of Cancer, 9(13), 2380-2388. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.22925.

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Cai, X.R.; Chen, Z.H.; Liu, M.M.; Lin, J.X.; Zhang, X.P.; Chen, J.; Lin, Q.; Ma, X.K.; Wen, J.Y.; Xie, S.D.; Wu, X.Y.; Dong, M. Modified CLIP score with the albumin-bilirubin grade retains prognostic value in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization therapy. J. Cancer 2018, 9 (13), 2380-2388. DOI: 10.7150/jca.22925.

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Cai XR, Chen ZH, Liu MM, Lin JX, Zhang XP, Chen J, Lin Q, Ma XK, Wen JY, Xie SD, Wu XY, Dong M. Modified CLIP score with the albumin-bilirubin grade retains prognostic value in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization therapy. J Cancer 2018; 9(13):2380-2388. doi:10.7150/jca.22925. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p2380.htm

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Cai XR, Chen ZH, Liu MM, Lin JX, Zhang XP, Chen J, Lin Q, Ma XK, Wen JY, Xie SD, Wu XY, Dong M. 2018. Modified CLIP score with the albumin-bilirubin grade retains prognostic value in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization therapy. J Cancer. 9(13):2380-2388.

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