Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 37, 2016, Pages 8294-8303

  Wong, Carrie R ^a   Nguyen, Mindie H ^b   Lim, Joseph K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cancer; Liver cirrhosis; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; ADIPONUTRIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEPATIC PROGENITOR CELL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMPLICATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL; SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADIPONECTIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LIPASE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; STEM CELLS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84991093332     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i37.8294     Document Type: Review

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