Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Nitrite/Nitrate Test a Good Tumor Marker

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 31st, 2000

Over the past several years, scientists have been using several serum or plasma markers to indicate chronic liver diseases. Two of these include alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

Now, scientists in Japan say that nitrite/nitrate can be used in conjunction with AFP as a useful tumor marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Researchers at the University of Occupational and Environmental Health in Fukuoka, Japan, recently reported study data supporting these findings in the journal Clinical Chimica Acta.

A. Moriyama and colleagues tested plasma nitrite/nitrate levels in several categories of...

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