[HTML][HTML] Alpha-fetoprotein response following transarterial chemoembolization indicates improved survival for intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma

G Liu, Q Ouyang, F Xia, G Fan, J Yu, C Zhang, D Wang - Hpb, 2019 - Elsevier
Background To investigate the clinical value of the alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) response
following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in intermediate-stage …

[HTML][HTML] The growing impact of alpha-fetoprotein in the field of liver transplantation for hepatocellular cancer: time for a revolution

Q Lai, S Iesari, F Melandro, G Mennini… - Translational …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The role of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in the specific setting of the diagnosis and prognosis of
patients with hepatocellular cancer (HCC) waiting for liver transplantation (LT) is still …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic value of preoperative alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level in patients receiving curative hepatectomy-an analysis of 1,182 patients in Hong Kong

MY Chan, WH She, WC Dai, SHY Tsang… - Translational …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The value of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) as a prognostic indicator in patients with
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been proposed in recent studies, but the evidence so …

Levels of alpha‐fetoprotein and association with mortality in hepatocellular carcinoma of HIV‐1‐infected patients

G Morsica, L Galli, E Messina, A Cibarelli… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aim. The clinical course of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is determined
by cancer‐related and nonrelated factors. We evaluated the effect of a cancer‐related factor …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha-fetoprotein response at different time-points is associated with efficacy of nivolumab monotherapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

W Teng, CC Lin, MM Ho, KW Lui, SF Wang… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nivolumab monotherapy has a modest objective response rate (ORR) in hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). To overcome the lack of biomarkers that predict delayed alpha-fetoprotein …

Prognosis and staging system analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with negative serum alpha-fetoprotein

Y YingJian, C Wei, L QiongXia - 临床肝胆病杂志, 2019 - lcgdbzz.org
Objective To investigate the effect of negative expression of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)(<
20 ng/L) on the prognosisand staging of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the …

[HTML][HTML] Correlating serum alpha-fetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma with response to Yttrium-90 transarterial radioembolization with glass microspheres …

N Bhutiani, SJ O'Brien, EE Priddy, ME Egger, YK Hong… - HPB, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Few studies have assessed the relationship between serum alpha-fetoprotein
(AFP) and yttrium-90 (Y-90) radioembolization response in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …

Ramucirumab (RAM) as second-line treatment in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and elevated baseline α-fetoprotein (AFP): An analysis of …

RS Finn, M Kudo, YK Kang, CJ Yen, PR Galle, J Llovet… - 2019 - ascopubs.org
326 Background: REACH-2 (NCT02435433) demonstrated a significant survival benefit with
RAM vs placebo in the second-line treatment of patients with advanced HCC and AFP≥ 400 …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic role of pre-treatment serum AFP-L3% in hepatocellular carcinoma: systematic review and meta-analysis

J Cheng, W Wang, Y Zhang, X Liu, M Li, Z Wu, Z Liu… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Serum lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction of α-fetoprotein (AFP-L3%) has
been widely used for HCC diagnosis and follow-up surveillance as tumor serologic marker …

Clinical characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with normal serum alpha‐fetoprotein level: A study of 112 consecutive cases

L Li, J Chen, W Xu, X Ding, X Wang… - Asia‐Pacific Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Serum alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP) level is normal in 30–40% of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) patients, and knowledge on its characteristics and clinical outcome is …