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Purpose: To construct a nomogram for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients base on HCC-GRIm score. Methods: Clinical cases of HCC patients diagnosed at Hunan Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital were included, and these were randomly divided into the training cohort (n = 219) and the validation cohort (n = 94), and those patients were divided into low GRIm-Score group (scores 0, 1, and 2) and high GRIm-Score group (scores 3, 4, and 5). In the training cohort, independent risk factors were determined by Cox regression analysis, and a nomogram was constructed by independent risk factors. The efficiency and the clinical applicability of nomograms were evaluated using ROC curves, calibration plot, and the decision curve (DCA), and the patients were divided into high-risk, middle-risk, and low-risk groups according to total score of nomogram. Results: Compared to low HCC-GRIm score group, high HCC-GRIm score group with BCLC stage is more advanced (P < 0.001), and fewer patients received TACE (P = 0.005) and surgical treatment (P = 0.001). There was higher rate of the presence of vascular invasion (P < 0.001) and distant metastasis (P < 0.001). Multivariate Cox regression analysis screened 4 independent risk factors to construct a nomogram of HCC patients, including HCC-GRIm score, BCLC stage, albumin-to-globulin ratio (AGR), and glutamyl trans-peptidase (GGT). The consistency index (C-index) of the nomogram of the training was 0.843 (0.832–0.854) and the validation was 0.870 (0.856–0.885). The time-dependent parameter showed the AUC values of the training cohort at 1, 3, and 5 years were 0.954 (95% CI 0.929–0.980), 0.952 (95% CI 0.919–0.985), and 925 (95% CI 0.871–0.979), while the AUC values of validation cohort at 1, 3, and 5 years were 0.974 (95% CI 0.950–0.998), 0.965 (95% CI 0.931–0.999), and 0.959 (95% CI 0.898–1.021). The calibration plot showed the nomogram fits well onto perfect curves, and the DCA curve showed the net benefit of the nomogram at a certain probability threshold is significantly higher than the net benefit of the BCLC stage at the same threshold probability. Finally, all patients were divided into high-risk, middle-risk, and low-risk groups based on the total score of nomogram, and it showed effectively to identify high-risk patients. Conclusion: The nomogram constructed by the independent risk factors can predict the prognosis of HCC patients, providing an effective tool with clinical workers to evaluate the prognosis and survival time of HCC patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: This study investigated whether or not the hepatocellular carcinoma modified Gustave Roussy Immune Score (HCC‐GRIm‐Score) serves as a prognostic indicator for HCC patients treated with atezolizumab and bevacizumab (Atez/Bev). Methods: A total of 405 HCC patients who received Atez/Bev from September 2020 to January 2022 at 22 different institutions were included in this retrospective study. The HCC‐GRIm score was based on the combination of the albumin level (<3.5 g/L = 1 point), lactate dehydrogenase (≥245 U/L = 1 point), neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (≥4.8 = 1 point), aspartate aminotransferase‐to‐alanine aminotransferase ratio (≥1.44 = 1 point), and total bilirubin level (≥1.3 mg/dl = 1 point). Patients were divided into the low‐score group (0, 1, or 2 points) and the high‐score group (3, 4, or 5 points). Results: There were 89 (22.0%), 141 (34.8%), 106 (26.2%), 49 (12.1%), 16 (4.0%), and 4 (1.0%) patients with scores of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, respectively. The progression‐free survival (PFS) in the low‐score group was significantly longer than that in the high‐score group (median 7.8 vs. 3.5 months, p < 0.001). The median overall survival (OS) of the low‐score group was not reached at the time cutoff, with a 1‐year survival rate of 75.5%, whereas the median OS of the high‐score group was 8.5 months, showing a significant difference (p < 0.001). A high HCC‐GRIm score was a significant unfavorable factor associated with the PFS and OS in multivariate analyses (p = 0.002 and p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: The HCC‐GRIm score serves as a novel prognostic score for HCC patients treated with Atez/Bev. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]