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ArticleLiver cancer2025

Gadoxetic Acid-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features Can Predict Immune-Excluded Phenotype of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Eisuke Ueshima, Keitaro Sofue, Takahiro Kodama, Shuhei Yamamoto, Masato Komatsu, Shohei Komatsu, Nobuaki Ishihara, Akihiro Umeno, Takeru Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Hori and 3 more

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Article in Liver cancer, 2025. 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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Eisuke UeshimaDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Keitaro SofueDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Takahiro KodamaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Shuhei YamamotoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Masato KomatsuDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Shohei KomatsuDepartment of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Nobuaki IshiharaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Akihiro UmenoDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Takeru YamaguchiDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Masatoshi HoriDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Takumi FukumotoDepartment of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Tetsuo TakeharaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Takamichi MurakamiDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Immunotherapy is the first-line treatment for intermediate-advanced stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), although its outcomes vary. This study aimed to identify imaging biomarkers of immunotherapy susceptibility linked to gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (EOB-MRI) and immune phenotypes, particularly immune-excluded phenotypes, with a tumor immune barrier. Methods: We performed immunohistochemical staining with a CD8 Results: HCCs with rim arterial phase hyperenhancement (APHE) (odds ratio [OR] 17.3, Conclusion: HCCs with rim APHE, peritumoral enhancement in arterial phase, and intermediate intensity on HBP with visual 3-point scale could be non-invasive biomarkers to predict the immune-excluded phenotype with the tumor immune barrier. These HCCs were most likely to respond to combined immunotherapy.

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BiomarkersGadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingHepatocellular carcinomaImmunotherapyTumor immune barrier

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PMID40547958
PMCPMC12180895

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