The role of PNI to predict survival in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with Sorafenib.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The present study aims to investigate the role of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) on survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with sorafenib. METHODS:This multicentric study included a training cohort of 194 HCC patients and three external...

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Main Authors: Francesco Caputo, Vincenzo Dadduzio, Francesco Tovoli, Giulia Bertolini, Giuseppe Cabibbo, Krisida Cerma, Caterina Vivaldi, Luca Faloppi, Mario Domenico Rizzato, Fabio Piscaglia, Ciro Celsa, Lorenzo Fornaro, Giorgia Marisi, Fabio Conti, Nicola Silvestris, Marianna Silletta, Sara Lonardi, Alessandro Granito, Caterina Stornello, Valentina Massa, Giorgio Astara, Sabina Delcuratolo, Stefano Cascinu, Mario Scartozzi, Andrea Casadei-Gardini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232449