Normal alpha-fetoprotein hepatocellular carcinoma: are they really normal?

CW Lee, HI Tsai, WC Lee, SW Huang, CY Lin… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Introduction: serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) was routinely employed as a tumor marker for
screening, diagnosis, and treatment follow-up of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated serum alpha fetoprotein levels promote pathological progression of hepatocellular carcinoma

P Li, SS Wang, H Liu, N Li, MA McNutt… - World Journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To investigate the biological role of alpha fetoprotein (AFP) and its clinical significance
in carcinogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: Clinical analysis of HCC …

The prognostic correlation of AFP level at diagnosis with pathological grade, progression, and survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

DS Bai, C Zhang, P Chen, SJ Jin, GQ Jiang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive study of the clinical correlation
between the alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level at diagnosis and pathological grades …

The prognostic utility of baseline alpha‐fetoprotein for hepatocellular carcinoma patients

JP Silva, RA Gorman, NG Berger, S Tsai… - Journal of Surgical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP) has a valuable role in postoperative surveillance for
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence. The utility of pretreatment or baseline AFP …

[HTML][HTML] Value of α-fetoprotein in association with clinicopathological features of hepatocellular carcinoma

C Liu, GQ Xiao, LN Yan, B Li, L Jiang… - World journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To explore the relationship between α-fetoprotein (AFP) and various clinicopathological
variables and different staging system of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) thoroughly …

A comparison of clinical pathologic characteristics between alpha-fetoprotein negative and positive hepatocellular carcinoma patients from Eastern and Southern …

X Chi, L Jiang, Y Yuan, X Huang, X Yang… - BMC …, 2022 - Springer
Background Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a biomarker used in clinical management of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), however, approximately 40% of HCC patients do not …

High α‐fetoprotein level correlates with high stage, early recurrence and poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: significance of hepatitis virus infection, age, p53 …

SY Peng, WJ Chen, PL Lai, YM Jeng… - … journal of cancer, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract α‐Fetoprotein (AFP) is often elevated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This
study was to elucidate the significance and related factors of AFP elevation in HCC in 781 …

Correlation analysis of preoperative serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after hepatectomy

W Ma, H Wang, L Teng - World journal of surgical oncology, 2013 - Springer
Background To investigate the prediction value of preoperative serum alpha-fetoprotein
(AFP) level for the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), by comparing pathological …

[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 …

Selective prognostic impact of serum α-fetoprotein level in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Analysis of 543 patients in a single center

TI Huo, YH Huang, WY Lui, JC Wu… - Oncology …, 2004 - spandidos-publications.com
The prognostic impact of serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) level in patients with hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) is controversial. This study aimed to investigate the predictive ability of …