Prognostic nutritional index is superior as a predictor of prognosis among various inflammation-based prognostic scores in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection.
Daisuke ImaiTakashi MaedaMototsugu ShimokawaHuanlin WangShohei YoshiyaKazuki TakeishiShinji ItohNoboru HaradaToru IkegamiTomoharu YoshizumiMasaki MoriPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2019)
PNI is superior to Controlling Nutritional Status score, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, or Glasgow Prognostic Score as a predictor of OS and recurrence-free survival in patients with HCC who underwent curative hepatic resection.