Table 5.

Values of the Prognostic Scores at Different Time Points in Predicting Mortality Among Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Palliative Treatment

Time Points (Days)	Scores	AUC	Se	Sp	PPV	NPV	PV
			%	%	%	%	%
	CTP	0.709	56	83	77	65	69
	MELD	0.590	36	77	39	55	57
30	BCLC	0.670	68	58	34	54	63
	NLR	0.618	53	68	62	59	87
	PLR	0.567	58	51	54	55	55
	CTP	0.667	51	76	68	61	63
	MELD	0.502	33	25	70	27	29
60	BCLC	0.637	66	57	33	62	61
	NLR	0.680	53	75	68	61	64
	PLR	0.591	57	53	55	55	55
	CTP	0.563	47	65	57	57	63
	MELD	0.352	31	55	59	54	43
90	BCLC	0.330	57	0.0	28	0	28
	NLR	0.613	50	71	63	59	50
	PLR	0.688	60	70	67	64	65

Note: All values are rounded to the next integer.

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; PV, prognostic value: TP+TN/(TP+TN+FP+FN); CTP, Child–Turcotte–Pugh; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; BCLC, Barcelona clinic liver cancer; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio.