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Hepatocellular Cancer

Data from National Cancer Center Hospital East advance knowledge in hepatocellular cancer

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 2nd, 2010

New research, 'Identification of beta2-microgloblin as a candidate for early diagnosis of imaging-invisible hepatocellular carcinoma in patient with liver cirrhosis,' is the subject of a report. "Glypican-3 (GPC3) is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but not in chronic hepatitis (CH) and liver cirrhosis (LC). We have reported the possibility of GPC3-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) serving as a marker for the early diagnosis of imaging invisible HCC," scientists writing in the journal Oncology Reports report.

"In this study, to identify new early diagnostic biomarker of imaging invisible HCC, we analyzed plasma of healthy donors and patients...

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