Decrease in alpha-fetoprotein levels predicts reduced incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus infection receiving interferon therapy: A single center study

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 444-451

  Osaki, Yukio ^a   Ueda, Yoshihide ^b   Marusawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Nakajima, Jun ^a   Kimura, Toru ^a   Kita, Ryuichi ^a   Nishikawa, Hiroki ^a   Saito, Sumio ^a   Henmi, Shinichiro ^a   Sakamoto, Azusa ^a   Eso, Yuji ^b   Chiba, Tsutomu ^a  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; LIVER ENZYME; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; TUMOR MARKER; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERONS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863110199     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-011-0505-8     Document Type: Article

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