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ReviewThe Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi2021

Role of Tumor Biomarkers in the Surveillance of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Young-Suk Lim

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Review in The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Young-Suk LimDepartment of Gastroenterology, Liver Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1544-577X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomarkers are key components of the clinical management of cancer patients because they have contributed to significant survival improvements in these patients. They allow the classification of patients based on common features and facilitate risk stratification, early detection, diagnosis, and prediction of the prognosis or treatment response. In hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), there are few biomarkers incorporated in clinical practice. Despite this, this has been an extensive area of research in recent years, with increasing efforts to identify the biomarkers across the cancer care continuum from risk stratification to early detection to prognostication and treatment response. The heterogeneous nature of HCCs has restricted the performance of biomarkers. HCC biomarkers have limited roles in risk stratification, diagnosis, and treatment response. Currently, the main role of biomarkers is in the surveillance of HCC to detect it at an earlier stage and reduce mortality, which is the focus of this review.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorHumansPrognosisBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorBiomarkersCarcinoma, hepatocellularSurveillance

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PMID34824186
PMCPMC12286511

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