Fucosylated fraction of alpha-fetoprotein as a predictor of prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative treatment

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2095-2101

  Tamura, Yasushi ^a   Igarashi, Masato ^a   Suda, Takeshi ^a   Wakai, Toshifumi ^a   Shirai, Yoshio ^a   Umemura, Takeji ^b   Tanaka, Eiji ^b   Kakizaki, Satoru ^c   Takagi, Hitoshi ^c   Hiasa, Yoichi ^d   Onji, Morikazu ^d   Aoyagi, Yutaka ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFP L3; Alpha fetoprotein; DCP (des carboxy prothrombin); Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FUCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954397703     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0954-6     Document Type: Article

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