The importance of AFP in liver transplantation for HCC

F Özdemir, A Baskiran - Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2020 - Springer
Introduction The most common biomarker for HCC is serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). AFP is
used for screening and diagnosing HCC, and also, it is used for predicting prognosis and …

Hepatocellular cancer selection systems and liver transplantation: from the tower of babel to an ideal comprehensive score

J Lerut, M Foguenne, Q Lai - Updates in surgery, 2021 - Springer
The Milan criteria (MC) remain the cornerstone for the selection of patients with
hepatocellular cancer (HCC) to be listed for liver transplantation (LT). Recently, several …

Albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio as a predictor of tumor recurrence and prognosis in patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing …

F Zhang, SX Lu, KS Hu, YH Gan, Y Chen… - International Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio (AAPR), a newly developed blood
biomarker, has been reported to have prognostic value in several types of cancer. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Historical evolution of transplantation criteria

V Ince, TT Sahin, S Akbulut, S Yilmaz - World journal of clinical …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma is still a hot topic, and the main factor
that is associated with the success of treatment is to determine the patients who will benefit …

Effect of HBV-HDV co-infection on HBV-HCC co-recurrence in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation

A Baskiran, S Akbulut, TT Sahin, C Koc… - Hepatology …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the effect of hepatitis D virus (HDV) on hepatitis B virus-hepatocellular
carcinoma (HBV-HCC) co-recurrence in patients undergoing living donor liver …

Astragalus polysaccharide (APS) attenuated PD-L1-mediated immunosuppression via the miR-133a-3p/MSN axis in HCC

L He, K Xu, L Niu, L Lin - Pharmaceutical Biology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Context Astragalus polysaccharide (APS) is a new tumour therapeutic drug, that has an
inhibitory effect on a variety of solid tumours. Tumour cell immunosuppression is related to …

[HTML][HTML] Microscopic vascular invasion by hepatocellular carcinoma in liver transplant patients

BI Carr, V Ince, HG Bag, V Ersan, S Usta… - Clinical Practice …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: A characteristic of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is to invade the portal
venous system in the liver as a means of spread within the liver and systemically. The …

Insights into the history and tendency of liver transplantation for liver cancer: a bibliometric-based visual analysis

X He, S Xu, L Tang, S Ling, X Wei… - International Journal of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Research on liver transplantation (LT) for liver cancer has gained increasing attention. This
paper has comprehensively described the current status, hotspots and trends in this field. A …

Effect of ABO blood group on postoperative overall survival and recurrence-free survival rate in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy: a multi …

M Bahardoust, MZ Dehkharghani, P Ebrahimi… - BMC surgery, 2023 - Springer
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies
worldwide. The survival rate after hepatectomy as the first line of treatment for HCC depends …

[HTML][HTML] Liver transplant for large hepatocellular carcinoma in Malatya: The role of gamma glutamyl transferase and alpha-fetoprotein, a retrospective cohort study

V Ince, BI Carr, HG Bag, V Ersan, S Usta… - World Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in transplanting patients with hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) with tumors greater than 5 cm (Milan criteria). AIM To investigate possible …