TY - JOUR
AU1 - Li, Fang
AU2 - Ren, Yuetong
AU3 - Fan, Jiacheng
AU4 - Zhou, Jin
AB - INTRODUCTIONHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ranks as the fourth principal cause of cancer‐related mortality globally and constitutes the second‐leading contributor to years of life lost due to cancer.1 Although hepatectomy serves as the foremost curative intervention for early‐stage HCC, protracted postoperative hospital length of stay (LOS) considerably influences patient outcomes and healthcare expenditures.2–4 LOS has been employed as a proxy indicator of patient well‐being during hospitalization.5 Consequently, minimizing LOS harbors the potential to curtail healthcare costs, mitigate the risk of infections and other nosocomial diseases, and augment patient quality of life.6,7 Discerning precise predictors of postoperative LOS prior to surgical intervention is paramount for optimizing perioperative management, diminishing healthcare costs, and enhancing patient prognosis.Malnutrition, inflammation, and coagulation processes occupy a central role in tumorigenesis, progression, and metastasis, with various nutritional, inflammatory, and coagulation indices exhibiting prognostic potential across diverse malignancies.8–13 Moreover, patients presenting with malnutrition, inflammation, or hypercoagulability often endure substantially protracted treatment durations, potentially prolonging LOS.14–16 Among the markers indicative of patients' nutritional, inflammatory, and coagulatory statuses, albumin, fibrinogen, and D‐dimer have garnered increasing interest in recent years. Albumin, both a nutritional and prognostic indicator, bears a strong association with immune and inflammatory responses.17,18 Hypoalbuminemia, widely acknowledged to be implicated 
TI - The predictive value of the preoperative albumin‐to‐fibrinogen ratio for postoperative hospital length of stay in liver cancer patients
JF - Cancer Medicine
DO - 10.1002/cam4.6606
DA - 2023-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-predictive-value-of-the-preoperative-albumin-to-fibrinogen-ratio-6PRbKld00p
SP - 20321
EP - 20331
VL - 12
IS - 20
DP - DeepDyve
ER -