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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

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
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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
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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

Species-Specific Differences in the Susceptibility of Fungi to the Antifungal Protein AFP Depend on C-3 Saturation of Glycosylceramides [PDF]

, 2019
AFP is an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) produced by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus giganteus and is a very potent inhibitor of fungal growth that does not affect the viability of bacteria, plant, or mammalian cells.
Baumann, Birgit, Hagen, Silke, Jung, Sascha, Meyer, Vera, Paege, Norman, Rodrigues, Ana, Thiess, Melanie, Warnecke, Dirk, Zäuner, Simone   +8 more
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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

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Egypt: Prevalence, risk factors, diagnosis and prevention: A Review [PDF]

Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most often primary malignancy of the liver, accounting for about 90% of all primary liver malignancies, and is very prevalent in the majority of the world's most populous regions, Egypt was the country with the ...
Ahmed Yameny
doaj   +1 more source

Expansion of anti-AFP Th1 and Tc1 responses in hepatocellular carcinoma occur in different stages of disease [PDF]

, 2010
Copyright @ 2010 Cancer Research UK. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/.Background: α ...
A A Pathan, A Alisa, A Alisa, A Alisa, AJ Gehring, CF Grimm, E Mizukoshi, GJ Mizejewski, J Anastassiou, KT Whelan, L Ayaru, LH Butterfield, LH Butterfield, LH Butterfield, M Capurro, M Ritter, MA Cooper, N Kittaka, R Bei, R Thimme, R Williams, S Behboudi, S Boswell, SH Um, VN Evdokimova, WS Meng, XY Shang, Y Liu   +27 more
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Evaluation of the Combined Application of AFP, AFP-L3%, and DCP for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis: A Meta-analysis

BioMed Research International, 2020
The role of α-fetoprotein (AFP) in the surveillance and diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been questioned in recent years due to its low sensitivity and specificity.
Xueying Wang, Yangyu Zhang, Na Yang, Hua He, Xuerong Tao, C. Kou, Jing Jiang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance data analysis, Sana’a City, Yemen, 2012-2021: A retrospective descriptive analysis

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Background: WHO certified Yemen polio-free in 2009. Outbreaks of circulating Vaccine Derived Polioviruses (cVDPV) threaten the eventual eradication of all polioviruses.
Lamya Abdo Al Aroomi, Labiba Saeed Anam, Mutahar Ahmed AL Qassimi, Faten Hamid Ezzadeen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source