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ReviewJournal of hepatocellular carcinoma2021

NAFLD-Associated HCC: Progress and Opportunities.

Daniel Geh, Quentin M Anstee, Helen L Reeves

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Review in Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Association of Epigenetic Aging Biomarkers With Risk of MASLD-Related HCC.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  10. NAFLD and NAFLD Related HCC: Emerging Treatments and Clinical Trials.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. The Impact of ProbioticLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel GehBiosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3592-7469
Quentin M AnsteeTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Helen L ReevesTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0359-9795
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBNewcastle University · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 26813
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to an increase in the obesity-associated metabolic syndrome of epidemic proportions, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming a leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in western countries. This presents added challenges, as NAFLD-associated HCC tends to present at an advanced stage in older patients with co-morbidities. Their prognosis is generally poor with the benefits of standard therapies less certain. The pathogenesis of NAFLD-associated HCC is multifactorial and not well understood, although the risk of HCC developing undoubtedly increases as NAFLD progresses to steatohepatitis and cirrhosis. Recent advances in our understanding of the drivers of NAFLD and HCC will hopefully lead to the development of clinically relevant biomarkers, tools and strategies to aid the identification of high-risk patients, inform preventive measures, and introduction of better tolerated targeted therapies. Lifestyle modification and chemoprevention with drugs such as anti-platelets, statins and anti-diabetics are being evaluated for HCC prevention. The landmark IMBrave150 study introducing the combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab has recently transformed the landscape of systemic therapies in HCC, with follow-up analyses and real-world data for patients with NAFLD-associated HCC eagerly anticipated. While responses may vary in ways not yet appreciated, the rate of discovery and progress suggests imminent change and opportunities.

Indexed as

biomarkersHCChepatocellular carcinomaimmunotherapyliver cirrhosisNAFLDnonalcoholic fatty liver diseasepreventionsystemic therapy

Identifiers

PMID33854987
PMCPMC8041650
OpenAlexW3140237330

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