PIVKA-II is an independent prognostic factor for overall survival of HCC patients and maybe associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1040-1041

  Xu, Jiang Feng ^a   Liu, Xi Yu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; GELATINASE B; TUMOR MARKER; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTHROMBIN;

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE LEVEL; TUMOR INVASION; UPREGULATION; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOMARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTHROMBIN;

EID: 84941933928     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.04.031     Document Type: Letter

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