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ArticleCureus2023

A Curious Case of Vanishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).

Robert Kwei-Nsoro, Bashar Attar, Pius E Ojemolon, Eugene N Annor, Benjamin Go

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Article in Cureus, 2023. 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

5 authors.

Robert Kwei-NsoroInternal Medicine, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, USA.
Bashar AttarGastroenterology and Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA.
Pius E OjemolonInternal Medicine, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, USA.
Eugene N AnnorInternal Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
Benjamin GoGastroenterology, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Spontaneous regression of HCC is rare with few documented cases in literature. The mechanism of this phenomenon is unknown, but tumor hypoxia and systemic inflammatory response have been suggested as possible etiologies. This article aims to shed more light on this rare phenomenon and provides an opportunity to review the proposed pathophysiology of spontaneous HCC regression. In this case report, we describe an interesting case of a 39-year-old male with HCC who underwent spontaneous regression.

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alcohol related cirrhosishepatocellular carcinoma (hcc)spontaneous tumor regressionsystemic inflammatory responsetumor hypoxia

Identifiers

PMID37933367
PMCPMC10625688

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