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Validation of a Liver Index and Its Significance for HCC Aggressiveness
1Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. brianicarr@hotmail.com.
Background:
We recently constructed a liver index (LI) from four liver parameters, namely: blood total bilirubin, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP), albumin, and platelet levels (a cirrhosis surrogate). We found that the scores for the liver index related significantly to a four-parameter HCC aggressiveness index (maximum tumor diameter, multifocality, percent portal vein invasion, and blood AFP levels).
Aims:
To validate the relationship of liver parameters to tumor aggressiveness parameters in a larger, different HCC dataset.
Results:
We now confirm these associations in another large HCC cohort. Furthermore, this liver index showed significant trends with the individual HCC aggressiveness parameters.
Conclusions:
These results provide further support for the idea that liver microenvironment, as reflected in liver function tests, may relate to HCC behavior.
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