On the global scale, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the main cause of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) especially in regions of Asia where HBV infection is endemic …

Objectives. To investigate the potential association of tumor necrosis factor‐α T‐857C
polymorphism with susceptibility to the five common malignant tumors. Materials and …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a liver malignancy and a major cause of cancer mortality
worldwide. AURKA (aurora kinase A) is a mitotic serine/threonine kinase that functions as an …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignancy of liver and a leading cause of cancer
mortality worldwide. Its management is compounded by biological and clinical …

Background Research focusing on the relationship between five types of tumor necrosis
factor-alpha (TNF-α) SNPs and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were still …

Background/Aim: Metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of proteases which have been
shown to be overexpressed in various types of cancers. However, the contribution of MMP1 …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a liver malignancy and a major cause of cancer mortality
worldwide. Matrix metalloproteinase-11 (MMP-11), also known as stromelysin-3, plays a …

Background/Aim: In a previous study, we showed that amentoflavone promotes sorafenib-
induced apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells in vitro. However, whether …

Abstract Background/Aim: Metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) has been previously found to be up-
regulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) specimens and cells, favoring epithelial …

Cigarette smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke are well‐known risk
factors for urothelial carcinoma (UC). We conducted a hospital‐based case‐control study …