Medicine
Expression of prothymosin α predicts early recurrence and poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
S. Ha, Dae-Hyun Song, Soohyun Hwang, S. Cho, C. Park
tlooto Summary
PTMA protein expression might be a novel predictor of early recurrence and RFS in HCC patients, even those at early stage or with α-fetoprotein-negative after curative hepatectomy, and could be used as an immunohistochemical biomarker to detect patients with a high risk of recurrence.
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HA, S., et al. Expression of prothymosin α predicts early recurrence and poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International, 2015, 14: 171–177.