Prognostic Nomograms Stratify Survival of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Without Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis After Curative Resection

Abstract

The proposed nomograms resulted in more accurate prognostic prediction for patients with HCC without PVTT after curative resection. <b><i>The Oncologist</i></b> 2017;22:561-569 IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) poses a great therapeutic challenge due to the poor prognosis in patients underwent surgical resection. The portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT) as a robust risk factor for survival has been routinely integrated to staging systems. Nonetheless, the prognosis stratification for patients without PVTT was neglected to some extent. Herein, independent risk factors of OS and RFS in HCC patients without PVTT were reconfirmed. A predictive nomogram was constructed on these risk factors and was demonstrated to be a more accurate predictive model in HCC patients without PVTT, compared with the traditional staging systems.