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ReviewJournal of hepatocellular carcinoma2015

Type I insulin-like growth factor as a liver reserve assessment tool in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Reham Abdel-Wahab, Samir Shehata, Manal M Hassan, Mouhammed A Habra, Ghazaleh Eskandari, Peggy T Tinkey, Jennifer Mitchell, Ju-Seog Lee, Hesham M Amin, Ahmed O Kaseb

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Review in Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Evaluating the role of preoperative serum insulin-like growth factor 1 as a predictor of survival and recurrence for patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2026
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  11. Dairy consumption and hepatocellular carcinoma risk.Annals of translational medicine · 2021
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  13. [Bioinformatics analysis of key genes and prognosis-related genes during the onset of hepatocellular carcinoma].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Reham Abdel-WahabDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Clinical Oncology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt.
Samir ShehataDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt.
Manal M HassanDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Mouhammed A HabraDepartment of Endocrinology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ghazaleh EskandariDepartment of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Peggy T TinkeyDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jennifer MitchellDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ju-Seog LeeDepartment of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Hesham M AminDepartment of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.
Ahmed O KasebDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USAssiut University · EG

Funding

Role of IGF-IR tyrosine kinase in NPM-ALK-expressing T-cell lymphomaR01CA151533 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI AMIN, HESHAM M · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Liver DiseasesK07CA106458 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI HASSAN, MANAL METWALLY · 2005 to 2009
$681k
Integrating plasma IGF-1 into novel classification of hepatocellular carcinomaR21CA170035 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KASEB, AHMED · 2012 to 2013
$366k
NCI NIH HHS K07 CA106458NCI NIH HHS R01 CA151533NCI NIH HHS R21 CA170035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic liver diseases (CLDs) encompass a wide range of illnesses, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and viral hepatitis. Deterioration of liver capacity, with subsequent progression into cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), ultimately leads to a further decrease in the hepatic reserve. The Child-Turcotte-Pugh scoring system is the standard tool for assessing underlying liver reserve capacity in routine practice and in clinical trials of CLD and HCC. In this review, we highlight the clinical significance of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and the growth hormone (GH) signaling pathway in HCC. IGF-I could be a marker for liver reserve capacity in CLDs and HCC in clinical practice. This approach could improve the risk assessment and stratifications of patients on the basis of their underlying liver reserve, either before active treatment in routine practice or before they are enrolled in clinical trials.

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chronic liver diseasegrowth hormoneIGF-I

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PMID27508202
PMCPMC4918293
OpenAlexW1931058292

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