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Serum biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis: a narrative review

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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The fields related to gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Abstract

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide and the most frequent type of primary liver cancer. HCC is diagnosed in the laboratory using either fine-needle cytology, which is invasive and has intra- or inter-observer variability or measuring circulating biomarkers. In combination with ultrasonography and computed tomography, several prognostic and diagnostic indicators are helpful in the clinical practice of screening and diagnosing HCC. Aim of work: To give an overview of serum biomarkers of HCC.

DOI

10.21608/ajgh.2021.210293

Keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma, Cirrhosis, Serological Markers, alpha-fetoprotein

Authors

First Name

Salem

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Youssef

Affiliation

Internal Medicine Department, gastroenterology and hepatology unit, faculty of medicine, zagazig university, Egypt

Email

salemyousefmohamed@gmail.com

City

faqus

Orcid

0000-0003-2917-4293

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Esmaiel

MiddleName

Elsayed

Affiliation

Liver center, ministry of health, Kafr Elsheikh, Egypt

Email

ahmedesmaiel157@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-9172-8563

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Shabana

MiddleName

Abo

Affiliation

Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

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City

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Orcid

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First Name

Nevin

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Fouad

Affiliation

Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

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Volume

4

Article Issue

1

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29478

Issue Date

2021-07-01

Receive Date

2021-11-09

Publish Date

2021-12-23

Page Start

33

Page End

43

Print ISSN

2735-5489

Online ISSN

2735-5497

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2,192

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Publication Title

African Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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https://ajgh.journals.ekb.eg/

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23 Jan 2023