Wu Yue Linda, Fulgenzi Claudia Angela Maria, D'Alessio Antonio, Cheon Jaekyung, Nishida Naoshi, Saeed Anwaar, Wietharn Brooke, Cammarota Antonella, Pressiani Tiziana, Personeni Nicola, Pinter Matthias, Scheiner Bernhard, Balcar Lorenz, Huang Yi-Hsiang, Phen Samuel, Naqash Abdul Rafeh, Vivaldi Caterina, Salani Francesca, Masi Gianluca, Bettinger Dominik, Vogel Arndt, Schönlein Martin, von Felden Johann, Schulze Kornelius, Wege Henning, Galle Peter R, Kudo Masatoshi, Rimassa Lorenza, Singal Amit G, Sharma Rohini, Cortellini Alessio, Gaillard Vincent E, Chon Hong Jae, Pinato David J, Ang Celina
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK.
Cancers (Basel). 2022 Nov 26;14(23):5834. doi: 10.3390/cancers14235834.
Systemic inflammation is a key risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression and poor outcomes. Inflammatory markers such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) may have prognostic value in HCC treated with standard of care atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (Atezo-Bev). We conducted a multicenter, international retrospective cohort study of patients with unresectable HCC treated with Atezo-Bev to assess the association of NLR and PLR with overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and objective response rates. Patients with NLR ≥ 5 had a significantly shorter OS (9.38 vs. 16.79 months, p < 0.001) and PFS (4.90 vs. 7.58 months, p = 0.03) compared to patients with NLR < 5. NLR ≥ 5 was an independent prognosticator of worse OS (HR 2.01, 95% CI 1.22−3.56, p = 0.007) but not PFS. PLR ≥ 300 was also significantly associated with decreased OS (9.38 vs. 15.72 months, p = 0.007) and PFS (3.45 vs. 7.11 months, p = 0.04) compared to PLR < 300, but it was not an independent prognosticator of OS or PFS. NLR and PLR were not associated with objective response or disease control rates. NLR ≥ 5 independently prognosticated worse survival outcomes and is worthy of further study and validation.
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