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Huge Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma with High Levels of AFP and Fucosylated AFP (AFP-L3)

Internal Medicine, 2012
A 25-year-old Japanese woman with a large abdominal tumor (10 cm in diameter) and high level of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP, 1,222.4 ng/mL) was introduced and admitted to our hospital in January 2011. Pre-operative imaging modalities could not identify the tumor origin.
Atsushi, Hiraoka, Hiromasa, Nakahara, Hideki, Kawasaki, Yuko, Shimizu, Satoshi, Hidaka, Yusuke, Imai, Hiroki, Utsunomiya, Haruka, Tatsukawa, Nayu, Tazuya, Hiroka, Yamago, Nobukazu, Yorimitsu, Tetsuya, Tanihira, Aki, Hasebe, Yasunao, Miyamoto, Tomoyuki, Ninomiya, Masanori, Abe, Yoichi, Hiasa, Bunzo, Matsuura, Morikazu, Onji, Kojiro, Michitaka   +19 more
openaire   +3 more sources

NAFLD‐related hepatocellular carcinoma: The growing challenge

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Risk and protective factors for NAFLD‐related hepatocellular carcinoma Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cause of cancer‐related mortality and morbidity worldwide. With the obesity pandemic, NAFLD‐related HCC is contributing to the burden of disease exponentially.
Pir Ahmad Shah, Rashmee Patil, Stephen A. Harrison   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital discharges-based search of acute flaccid paralysis cases 2007-2016 in Italy and comparison with the National Surveillance System for monitoring the risk of polio reintroduction [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance has been adopted globally as a key strategy for monitoring the progress of the polio eradication initiative.
Affanni P., Amato C., Ansaldi F., Arghittu A., Bellino S., Binda S., Bonaccorsi G., Brusaferro S., Buttinelli G., Camilloni B., Capannolo B., Carraro V., Castiglia P., D'errico M.M., De Grazia S., De Stefano C., Fiore S., Foca A., Fontana S., Germinario C., Giammanco G., Grasso G.M., Larocca A., Lombardi D., Lorini C., Mancini C., Napoletano G., Pellegrinelli L., Pennino F., Russo F., Spertini S., Stefanelli P., Triassi M., Vairo F., Veronesi L., Zanella F.   +35 more
core   +5 more sources

Alpha-fetoprotein-producing Colon Carcinoma with Rapidly Increasing Liver Metastases That Resulted in Death: A Case Report

Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2021
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) has been widely used as a tumor marker for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma and yolk sac tumors. Recently, cases of gastrointestinal cancer with elevated serum AFP levels have been reported.
Nozomi Karakuchi, Kazuhiro Toyota, Ryujiro Kajikawa, Atsuhiro Watanabe, Yasufumi Saito, Masashi Inoue, Ichiro Ohmori, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Masahiro Ikeda, Seiji Sadamoto, Koichi Mandai, Tadateru Takahashi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

AFP SURVEILLANCE;

The Professional Medical Journal, 2012
Objectives: To determine the status of the AFP surveillance system at Mohmand agency FATA in a sense to improve thesensitivity of the system in 2012. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Mohmand agency FATA. Period: Jan-Dec 2011. Methodology: Therelevant information were recorded from the Rec files of these cases in accordance to the objectives of the
HAMZULLAH KHAN, SARFARAZ KHAN AFRIDI, OBAID UL ISLAM   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Differences Between Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) and Prothrombin Induced by Vitamin K Absence or antagonist II (PIVKA-II) Values as Early Detection Method for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Cirrhosis

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2020
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is a common cancer worldwide and has a high mortality. Biomarkers could theoretically help to detect the disease at an earlier stage before symptoms occur and improve the treatment outcomes.
Bayu Eka Nugraha, Nugraha Setiawan, Hani Susianti, Bogi Pratomo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Approach to the Diagnosis of Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma, an Under-reported Entity: Case Series and Review of Literature

Asian Journal of Oncology, 2022
Hepatoid adenocarcinoma is a rare type of extra-hepatic adenocarcinoma which exhibits morphological, functional, and immunohistochemical features of hepatocellular carcinoma, hence correct diagnosis poses a challenge. The most frequent site of this tumor
Prerna Chhabra, Sankalp Sancheti, Akash Pramod Sali, Puneet Kaur Somal, Aishwarya Sharma, Rahat Singh Brar, Ashish Gulia, Rakesh Kapoor   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oxygen supply and consumption in soilless culture: evaluation of an oxygen simulation model for cucumber [PDF]

, 2001
A soil oxygen simulation model (OXSI) was tested and evaluated for evaluating growing media with respect to aeration. In the model, local oxygen concentrations are calculated from coefficients of diffusion and consumption (respiration), assuming ...
Baas, R., Koolen, A.J., Stol, K.J., Tariku, E., Wever, G.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Empowering Indigenous Youth Through Education: The Role of TIPSFI in Countering CPP-NPA Recruitment in Talaingod, Davao del Norte

Davao Research Journal
This study examines the effectiveness of the TATAG IP Students Foundation Incorporated (TIPSFI), a community-based initiative established by the 56th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army to counter CPP-NPA recruitment of Indigenous youth in ...
Bismark D Gumela, Colonel Osmalik D Osmalik   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Updates in Diagnosis and Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Special Reference to Interventional Radiology [PDF]

National Radiology Journal of Pakistan
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) accounts for the sixth most common cancer, implying considerable disease burden. Liver Ultrasound (US) and the use of certain serum biomarkers, like Alpha-Feto Protein (AFP) and Protein induced by vitamin K absence or ...
Muhammad Azeemuddin, Zainab Rauf, Shayan Syed Ahmed, Junaid Iqbal, Kamran Fazal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source