The Combined ALBI-FIB-4 Score for Prognostic Stratification in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single Center Retrospective Study
Doğan Bayram, Efe Cem Erdat, Sema Nur Özsan Çelebi, Serap Türk, Serhat Sekmek, Perihan Perkin, Selin Aktürk Esen, Gökhan Uçar, Mehmet Ali Nahit Şendur, Doğan Uncu, Fahriye Tuğba Köş, Burak Civelek · 2025
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Doğan Bayram and co-authors test a combined score for liver cancer outlook in a 2025 study. Survival in this cancer depends on more than tumor size. Liver function and scarring matter too. Two known scores capture those factors: one from blood protein and pigment levels, and one fibrosis index. The team asked whether joining them predicts survival better than either alone.
They reviewed three hundred seven patients treated at one center over more than two decades. Each patient's two scores were merged into one, weighted by their strength in a survival model. Patients below the middle cutoff lived far longer than those above it, a median of about eighteen months against seven. The combined score predicted survival on its own in both local and drug treatment groups. The authors call it a cheap, repeatable marker for sorting patients by risk.
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| CREATOR | Doğan Bayram, Efe Cem Erdat, Sema Nur Özsan Çelebi, Serap Türk, Serhat Sekmek, Perihan Perkin, Selin Aktürk Esen, Gökhan Uçar, Mehmet Ali Nahit Şendur, Doğan Uncu, Fahriye Tuğba Köş, Burak Civelek |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |