ArticleCancers2023
Alpha-Fetoprotein Response after First Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) and Complete Pathologic Response in Patients with Hepatocellular Cancer.
Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Combined therapy with microwave ablation and conventional transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma tumors larger than five centimetres: a prospective study.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2026Article
- Trajectory-Based Integration of Biomarker Dynamics and Clinical Features for Prognostic Prediction in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2026Article
- Radiomic Analysis Applied to Pretreatment Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MR Imaging Predicts Response to Selective Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2025Article
- Trajectories of α-fetoprotein and unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes receiving lenvatinib: a retrospective, multicenter cohort study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- The Influence of CYP2B6, GSTP1, and SLCO1B1 Star Allele-Predicted Phenotypes and CBR1 Genetic Variants on Effectiveness Outcomes in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receiving Doxorubicin via Transarterial Chemoembolization.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2025Observational
- Genetic polymorphisms as predictors of the response of hepatocellular carcinoma patients to doxorubicin chemotherapy: a genome-wide association study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Predictability of clinical outcomes after external beam radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma according to tumor marker dynamics.PloS one · 2025Article
- A Machine Learning Model for Predicting Prognosis in HCC Patients With Diabetes After TACE.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2025Article
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Abstract
Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is used as a bridging treatment in liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is the main tumor marker used for HCC surveillance. The aim of this study was to assess the potential of using the AFP change after the first TACE in the prediction of complete tumor necrosis. The study comprised 101 patients with HCC who underwent liver transplantation (LT) after TACE in the period between January 2011 and December 2020. The ΔAFP was defined as the difference between the AFP value before the first TACE and AFP either before the second TACE or the LT. The receiver operator characteristics (ROC) curves were used to identify an optimal cut-off value. Complete tumor necrosis was found in 26.1% (18 of 69) and 6.3% (2 of 32) of patients with an initial AFP level under and over 100 ng/mL, respectively (
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