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1948-5182 (online) |
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Retrospective Cohort Study |
| Article Title |
Reverse time-dependent effect of alphafetoprotein and disease control on survival of patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C hepatocellular carcinoma
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Francesca Romana Ponziani, Irene Spinelli, Emanuele Rinninella, Lucia Cerrito, Antonio Saviano, Alfonso Wolfango Avolio, Michele Basso, Luca Miele, Laura Riccardi, Maria Assunta Zocco, Brigida Eleonora Annicchiarico, Matteo Garcovich, Marco Biolato, Giuseppe Marrone, Anna Maria De Gaetano, Roberto Iezzi, Felice Giuliante, Fabio Maria Vecchio, Salvatore Agnes, Giovanni Addolorato, Massimo Siciliano, Gian Lodovico Rapaccini, Antonio Grieco, Antonio Gasbarrini and Maurizio Pompili |
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| Corresponding Author |
Francesca Romana Ponziani, MD, Doctor, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Agostino Gemelli Hospital, largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Rome 00168, Italy. francesca.ponziani@yahoo.it |
| Key Words |
Hepatocellular carcinoma; Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C; Cirrhosis; Alphafetoprotein; Disease control; Performance status; Survival |
| Core Tip |
Refining the prognosis of Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage C hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is crucial to select patients that can get benefit from and be suitable for locoregional or surgical treatments. This study confirms that high AFP serum level and DC are the best predictors of mortality for BCLC C patients, highlighting that the effect of these two variables is reverse and dynamic, in a time dependent manner. Outstandingly, PS has not been found to be a strong predictor of mortality. According to our results, curative treatments should not be “a priori” excluded in a subset of BCLC stage C patients with favorable prognostic factors. |
| Publish Date |
2017-12-27 10:31 |
| Citation |
Ponziani FR, Spinelli I, Rinninella E, Cerrito L, Saviano A, Avolio AW, Basso M, Miele L, Riccardi L, Zocco MA, Annicchiarico BE, Garcovich M, Biolato M, Marrone G, De Gaetano AM, Iezzi R, Giuliante F, Vecchio FM, Agnes S, Addolorato G, Siciliano M, Rapaccini GL, Grieco A, Gasbarrini A, Pompili M. Reverse time-dependent effect of alphafetoprotein and disease control on survival of patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Hepatol 2017; 9(36): 1322-1331 Available from: URL: http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v9/i36/1322.htm DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i36.1322 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v9/i36/1322.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i36.1322 |
