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Efficacy of fibronectin in detecting early hepatocellular carcinoma

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Cancer and Immunology

Abstract

Improving the effectiveness of early HCC identification can be achieved in part by developing non-invasive detection methods that are practical for use in medical and healthcare settings. In this work, we attempted to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the extracellular matrix protein; fibronectin (FN) in detecting early HCC stages. Thorough examination that incorporates statistical and clinical approaches, we observed that increasing levels of FN in HCC patients were accompanied by progression of aggressive tumor features. Moreover, FN is promising in differentiating between cirrhotic liver and small size tumor (<3cm) patients producing area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.86 with 79.4% sensitivity and 80.4% specificity. Furthermore, FN possess the ability to discriminate between cirrhotic liver patients and HCC patients who didn't experience vascular invasion with AUC of 0.86, sensitivity of 79.5%, and specificity of 80.4%. These results were promising regarding to the early detection of HCC depending on sole biomarker, where diagnostic accuracy of FN exceeded those of alpha-feto protein; the most common biomarker used in detecting HCC.

DOI

10.21608/sjdfs.2024.264814.1159

Keywords

Early HCC, Cirrhosis, HCV, Serum biomarker, Fibronectin

Authors

First Name

amira

Last Name

sanad

MiddleName

El-saied

Affiliation

Zoology department, science faculty, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt

Email

amirasanad@students.du.edu.eg

City

Damietta

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First Name

lotfy

Last Name

habbak

MiddleName

zakaria

Affiliation

Professor of Immunology &Experimental zoology, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta

Email

habbakl@du.edu.eg

City

Damietta

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Attallah

MiddleName

Abdelfattah

Affiliation

Biotechnology Research Center, R&amp;D Department, New Damietta, Egypt

Email

ahmedattallah2009@hotmail.com

City

Damietta

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-

First Name

Khaled

Last Name

marie

MiddleName

farid

Affiliation

Professor of Tropical Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

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khaled_som@mons.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

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Volume

14

Article Issue

1

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45683

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2024-01-22

Publish Date

2024-03-01

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8

Page End

15

Print ISSN

2314-8594

Online ISSN

2314-8616

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https://sjdfs.journals.ekb.eg/article_348066.html

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Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science

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Efficacy of fibronectin in detecting early hepatocellular carcinoma

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28 Dec 2024