Branched-chain amino acids to tyrosine ratio (BTR) predicts intrahepatic distant recurrence and survival for early hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 60, Issue 128, 2013, Pages 2055-2059

  Ishikawa, Toru ^a   Kubota, Tomoyuki ^a   Horigome, Ryoko ^a   Kimura, Naruhiro ^a   Honda, Hiroki ^a   Iwanaga, Akito ^a   Seki, Keiichi ^a   Honma, Terasu ^a   Yoshida, Toshiaki ^a  

^a Saiseikai Niigata Daini Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids to tyrosine ratio; Hepatic functional reserve; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognostic factors; Recurrence factors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; TYROSINE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID TO TYROSINE RATIO; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TYROSINE;

EID: 84893662583     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge13488     Document Type: Article

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