Usefulness of ED036 kit for measuring serum PIVKA-II levels in small hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 507-512

  Kuromatsu, Ryoko ^a   Tanaka, Masatoshi ^a   Shimauchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Shimada, Masahiro ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a   Watanabe, Keisuke ^b   Yokoo, Takeshi ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

HCC; PIVKA II; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030863067     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02934091     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Ikeda K, Saitoh S, Koida I. et al. Imaging diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 1994;20:82-87.
2. Hirai K, Aoki Y, Majima Y, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of small hepatocellular carcinoma. Am J Gastroenterol 1991;86:205-209.
3. Takayasu K, Moriyama N, Muramatsu Y, et al. The diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinomas: Efficacy of various imaging procedures in 100 patients. Am J Roentgenol 1990;155:49-54.
4. Majima Y. Growth rate of hepatocellular carcinoma by ultrasonography and its clinical significance (in Japanese with English abstract). Acta Hepatol Jap 1984;25:34-45.
5. Weitz IC, Liebman HA. Des-γ-carboxy (abnormal) prothrombin and hepatocellular carcinoma: A critical review. Hepatology 1993;18:990-997.
6. Liebman HA, Furie BC, Tong M, et al. Des-γ-carboxy (abnormal) prothrombin as a serum marker of primary hepatocellular carcinoma. N Engl J Med 1984;310:1427-1431.
7. Nomura F, Ohnishi K, Tanabe Y. Clinical features and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with reference to serum alpha-fetoprotein levels. Cancer 1989;64:1700-1707.
8. Taketa K. α-Fetoprotein: Reevaluation in hepatology. Hepatology 1990;12:1420-1432.
9. Motohara K, Kuroki Y, Kan H, et al. Detection of vitamin K deficiency by use of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for circulating abnormal prothrombin. Pediatr Res 1985;19:354-357.
10. Hattori N, Ohmizo R, Unoura M, et al. PIVKA-II collaborative working group. Abnormal prothrombin measurements in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Tumor Marker Oncol 1988;3:207-216.
11. Fujiyama S, Morishita T, Hashiguchi O, et al. Plasma abnormal prothrombin (des-γ-carboxy prothrombin) as a marker of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 1988;61:1621-1628.
12. Taketa K, Sekiya C, Namiki M, et al. Lectin-reactive profiles of alpha-fetoprotein characterizing hepatocellular carcinoma and related conditions. Gastroenterology 1990;99:506-518.
13. Kuromatsu R, Tanaka M, Tanikawa K. Serum alpha-fetoprotein and Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction of alpha-fetoprotein in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver 1993;13:177-182.
14. Aoyagi Y, Isemura M, Yoshizawa Z, et al. Fucosylation of serum α-fetoprotein in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Biochim Biophys Acta 1985;830:217-223.
15. Taketa K, Endo Y, Sekiya C, et al. A collaborative study for the evaluation of lectin-reactive α-fetoproteins in early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res 1993;53:5419-5423.
16. Yamashita F, Tanaka M, Satomura S, et al. Monitoring of lectin-reactive α-fetoproteins in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated using transcatheter arterial embolization. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1995;7:627-633.
17. Suehiro T, Sugimachi K, Matsumata T, et al. Protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist II as a prognostic marker in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 1994;73:2464-2471.
18. The Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan. The general rules of the clinical and pathological study of primary liver cancer. Jpn J Surg 1989;19:98-129.
19. Thai SL, Huang GT, Yang PM, et al. Plasma des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin in the early stage of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 1990;11:481-487.
20. Tanabe Y, Ohnishi K, Nomura F, et al. Plasma abnormal prothrombin levels in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma. Am J Gastroenterol 1988;83:1386-1389.
21. Majima Y, Fujimoto T, Iwai I, et al. Histological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma by a new technique of ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy (in Japanese with English abstract). Acta Hepatol Jap 1988;29:628-636.