The Glasgow Prognostic Score, an inflammation based prognostic score, predicts survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

• Published in: BMC cancer Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 52
• Main Authors: Kinoshita, Akiyoshi, Onoda, Hiroshi, Imai, Nami, Iwaku, Akira, Oishi, Mutumi, Tanaka, Ken, Fushiya, Nao, Koike, Kazuhiko, Nishino, Hirokazu, Matsushima, Masato, Saeki, Chisato, Tajiri, Hisao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 02.02.2013; BioMed Central Ltd; BMC
• Subjects: Acquisitions & mergers; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomarkers, Tumor - blood; Cancer therapies; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - blood; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - mortality; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - pathology; Chi-Square Distribution; Female; Health Status Indicators; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatology; Hospitals; Humans; Inflammation - blood; Inflammation - mortality; Inflammation - pathology; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Linear Models; Liver cancer; Liver Function Tests; Liver Neoplasms - blood; Liver Neoplasms - mortality; Liver Neoplasms - pathology; Male; Medical imaging; Medical treatment; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neoplasm Staging; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Patients; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Prognostic marker; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; The Glasgow Prognostic Score
• DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-52
• ISSN: 1471-2407

Elevated Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS) has been related to poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing surgical resection or receiving sorafenib. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of GPS in patients with various stages of the disease and with different liver functional status. One hundred and fifty patients with newly diagnosed HCC were prospectively evaluated. Patients were divided according to their GPS scores. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify clinicopathological variables associated with overall survival; the identified variables were then compared with those of other validated staging systems. Elevated GPS were associated with increased asparate aminotransferase (P<0.0001), total bilirubin (P<0.0001), decreased albumin (P<0.0001), α-fetoprotein (P=0.008), larger tumor diameter (P=0.003), tumor number (P=0.041), vascular invasion (P=0.0002), extra hepatic metastasis (P=0.02), higher Child-Pugh scores (P<0.0001), and higher Cancer Liver Italian Program scores (P<0.0001). On multivariate analysis, the elevated GPS was independently associated with worse overall survival. Our results demonstrate that the GPS can serve as an independent marker of poor prognosis in patients with HCC in various stages of disease and different liver functional status.