Alpha-fetoprotein for diagnosis, prognosis, and transplant selection

F Trevisani, F Garuti, A Neri - Seminars in Liver Disease, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
… -fetoprotein (AFP), remains the most utilized. This article reviews the lights and shadows of
AFP as a surveillance test for patients … the prognostic relevance of AFP in patients undergoing …

Post-treatment alpha-fetoprotein response predicts prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis

C He, W Peng, X Liu, C Li, X Li, TF Wen - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
… Post-treatment alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) response has been reported to be associated with
prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients, but the results were not consistent. This …

Clinical characteristics and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: analysis based on serum alpha-fetoprotein levels

P Tangkijvanich, N Anukulkarnkusol… - Journal of clinical …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
… Similarly, we found the prognosis of patients with highly elevated AFP levels (… a prognostic
indicator for patients with HCC. This may be explained by taking into account that first, patients

[PDF][PDF] Alphafetoprotein and prognosis in acute liver failure

FV Schiødt, G Ostapowicz, N Murray… - Liver …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
prognostic value of serum AFP in a larger cohort of patients with all forms of ALF. PATIENTS
AND METHODS Patients … Study of serum prealbumin and serum alpha fetoprotein in cases …

Clinical features and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with reference to serum alphafetoprotein levels. Analysis of 606 patients

F Nomura, K Ohnishi, Y Tanabe - Cancer, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels were compared with those of AFP-positive cases. A total of 606
patients … only of diagnostic value, hut also of prognostic significance in patients with HCC. …

Clinicopathologic features and prognostic factors in alphafetoprotein‐producing gastric cancers: analysis of 104 cases

X Liu, Y Cheng, W Sheng, H Lu, Y Xu… - Journal of surgical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… features and prognosis of alpha-protein-producing gastric cancer. The aim of this study was
to elucidate the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic factors of alpha-fetoprotein (…

[PDF][PDF] Alphafetoprotein has no prognostic role in small hepatocellular carcinoma identified during surveillance in compensated cirrhosis

EG Giannini, S Marenco, G Borgonovo… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis. The prognostic capability of this marker in patients with HCC
… was to evaluate the prognostic usefulness of serum alpha-fetoprotein in patients with well-…

Relation of alpha-fetoprotein in acute hepatitis to severity and prognosis

GG KARVOUNTZIS, AG REDEKER - Annals of internal medicine, 1974 - acpjournals.org
… of alphafetoprotein seems to be a favorable prognostic sign. … of the 12 patients who were
positive for alphafetoprotein and … liver weights and the finding of alphafetoprotein (P = 0.20). On …

Systematic review: the prognostic role of alphafetoprotein following liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

AR Hakeem, RS Young, G Marangoni… - Alimentary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… Liver transplantation (LT) offers a possible cure for carefully selected patientsalpha-fetoprotein
(AFP) is a prognostic indicator that can predict survival and recurrence in these patients

Prognostic importance of fucosylated alphafetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with low alphafetoprotein

K Nouso, Y Kobayashi, S Nakamura… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… good prediction of prognosis in large patient populations with normal AFP (≤ 20 ng/mL). …
prognostic value of AFP-L3 in patients with low AFP (≤ 20 ng/mL). The outcome of LC patients