Prognostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios in hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective multicenter study on overall and recurrence-free survival following liver resection or liver transplantation.

Front Immunol · 2026 · PMC13161088 · PMID 42131343

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Regarding HCC etiology, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was significantly more frequent among transplanted patients (61.5% vs 35.4%; p = 0.031), while metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) was more common in the hepatectomy group, although this difference did not reach statistical significance (35.4% vs 15.4%; p = 0.068).

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