Hepatocellular Cancer

National Yang-Ming University, Institute of Pharmacology publishes research in hepatocellular cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 31st, 2007

Data detailed in "The predictive ability of serum alpha-fetoprotein for hepatocellular carcinoma is linked with the characteristics of the target population at surveillance" have been presented. According to recent research from Taipei, Taiwan, "Serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is the most important tumor marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The reported predictive accuracy of AFP for HCC widely varied."

"This study investigated the factors contributory to the heterogeneity of the ability of AFP to detect HCC. A total of 1,135 patients were categorized into four groups: HCC undergoing surgical resection (n=248), chronic hepatitis B (CHB, n=413), chronic hepatitis C...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-07-31)

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