Serum alphafetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma

DS Chen, JL Sung - Cancer, 1977 - Wiley Online Library
The serum alphafetoprotein level (AFP) was studied in 125 histologically verified cases of
hepatocellular carcinoma, 66 other malignancies, 74 cases of cirrhosis of the liver, 60 of …

Alpha-fetoprotein and its relevance to human disease

HT Wepsic, A Kirkpatrick - Gastroenterology, 1979 - Elsevier
Alpha-1-fetoprotein(AFP) is a serum protein found in high concentrations in fetal blood,
maternal blood, and in the blood of adult animals with hepatomas, and rarely, with other …

Radioimmunoassay of alpha-fetoprotein in primary and secondary cancer of the liver

E Ruoslahti, M Seppälä, P Vuopio… - Journal of the …, 1972 - academic.oup.com
The serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentration was determined by radioimmunoassay in
14 primary liver cancers and 17 secondary liver cancers. With this method, unlike any …

Alpha-fetoprotein in primary liver cancer and other diseases.

M Kew - Gut, 1974 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is an alpha1 globulin normally present in high concentration in fetal
serum but in only very small amounts thereafter. Although many of its physico-chemical …

Effect of surgical and chemotherapeutic treatment on alpha‐fetoprotein levels in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

KR McIntire, CL Vogel, A Primack, TA Waldmann… - Cancer, 1976 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative determinations of serum alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP) by radio‐immunoassay in 193
patients with hepatocellular carcinoma have demonstrated a wide variation in serum levels …

α-Fetoprotein in human hepatoma: improved detection in serum, and quantitative studies using a new sensitive technique

E Alpert, R Hershberg, PH Schur, KJ Isselbacher - Gastroenterology, 1971 - Elsevier
α-Fetoprotein (AFP) was measured in the sera of 62 patients from the United States and 58
foreign patients with hepatoma. AFP was detected in 50.5% of these patients by double …

Serum α-fetoprotein as a biochemical marker for hepatocellular carcinoma

KR Mclntire, CL Vogel, GL Princler, IR Patel - Cancer Research, 1972 - AACR
The demonstration of α-fetoprotein (αFP) has proven value in the diagnosis of hepatocellular
carcinoma, but little is known of the dynamics of this protein during the course of the disease …

Alpha-fetoprotein: occurrence in certain malignant diseases and review of clinical applications

JB Smith - The Medical clinics of North America, 1970 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PIP: Several large studies have established the usefulness of alpha fetoprotein (AFP)
detection as a diagnostic test in patients suspected of having primary hepatoma. in the …

Serum-alpha1-fetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma

J Kohn, PC Weaver - The Lancet, 1974 - Elsevier
Sera from 2225 patients, 107 with primary hepatocellular carcinoma and 2118 with other
diseases, mainly hepatic disorders, were screened for alpha 1-fetoprotein (AFP) in serum by …

Alpha-fetoprotein: Occurrence in germinal cell and liver malignancies

JB Smith, RT O'Neill - The American Journal of Medicine, 1971 - Elsevier
Abstract Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a normal alpha 1 globulin of human fetal serum,
disappears from the circulation in the perinatal period. It is detected by micro double …