 This study found that a low-pragnostic nutritional index, PNI, is associated with poor occurrence-free survival, RFS, and overall survival, OS, in hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC, patients who received curative hepatectomy. The results of this study, which included 187 patients from Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital and a meta-analysis of seven cohort studies, showed that a low PNI was an independent prognostic factor for OS and RFS rates in HCC patients who received hepatectomy. This article was authored by Xiaoxiao Fan, Guixiao Chen, Yuan Li, and others.