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2015-01-06 14:06 |
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Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief |
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2015-01-08 23:36 |
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Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief |
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2015-01-16 18:16 |
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2015-01-16 18:19 |
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2015-03-10 17:43 |
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2015-04-29 17:07 |
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2015-05-18 17:02 |
| ISSN |
1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright |
© The Author(s) 2015. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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| Publisher |
Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Prospective Study |
| Article Title |
Ascites and alpha-fetoprotein improve prognostic performance of Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging
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| Manuscript Source |
Unsolicited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Asmaa I Gomaa, Alzhraa Al-Khatib, Wael Abdel-Razek, Mohammed Saad Hashim and Imam Waked |
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Grant Number |
| Science and Technology Development Fund, Egypt |
1519 |
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| Corresponding Author |
Asmaa I Gomaa, MD, Hepatology Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufiya University, Shebeen El-Kom 35111, Egypt. aibrahim@liver-eg.org |
| Key Words |
Alpha-fetoprotein; Ascites; Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Survival |
| Core Tip |
Although the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) system contains Child-Turcotte-Pugh classification as a main variable, a patient within BCLC stage A or B may have ascites, which can interfere with the recommended treatment. An elevated alpha-fetoprotein level, which is an integral part of other staging systems, may also impact prognosis and influence treatment decision. In this study, we evaluated the utility of adding ascites and the alpha-fetoprotein level to the BCLC system for predicting prognosis and survival in a large cohort of early and intermediate hepatocellular carcinoma patients at a tertiary referral center for liver disease in Egypt. |
| Publish Date |
2015-05-18 17:02 |
| Citation |
Gomaa AI, Al-Khatib A, Abdel-Razek W, Hashim MS, Waked I. Ascites and alpha-fetoprotein improve prognostic performance of Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(18): 5654-5662 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i18/5654.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5654 |
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