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ArticleLiver cancer2026

Clinical Prediction of Glycolysis-Driven Molecular Subclass of Hepatocellular Carcinoma without Transcriptomic Profiling.

Tomoko Aoki, Masatoshi Kudo, Satoshi Ogiso, Genki Okumura, Megumi Hoshino, Yuka Nakamura, Ryo Morisue, Shohei Koyama, Naoshi Nishida, Kohei Hanaoka and 11 more

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Article in Liver cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tomoko AokiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology/Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Masatoshi KudoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology/Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Satoshi OgisoDepartment of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Genki OkumuraDivision of Cancer Immunology, Research Institute/Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center (EPOC), National Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.
Megumi HoshinoDivision of Cancer Immunology, Research Institute/Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center (EPOC), National Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.
Yuka NakamuraDivision of Pathology, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center (EPOC), National Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.
Ryo MorisueDivision of Pathology, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center (EPOC), National Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.
Shohei KoyamaDivision of Cancer Immunology, Research Institute/Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center (EPOC), National Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.
Naoshi NishidaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology/Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kohei HanaokaInstitute of Advanced Clinical Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuko SakaiDepartment of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Yutaka KurebayashiDepartment of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Masakatsu TsurusakiDepartment of Radiology, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
Masahiro MoritaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology/Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Atsushi TakebeDepartment of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Takaaki MuraseDepartment of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Keiko KameiDepartment of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Ippei MatsumotoDepartment of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuto NishioDepartment of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroyoshi NishikawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology/Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Etsuro HatanoDepartment of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Glycolysis-driven hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been associated with resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors; however, clinical implementation of glycolysis-targeted therapies remains limited by the reliance on transcriptomic subclassification. Methods: We developed a logistic regression model using clinical and pathological features to predict transcriptome-defined glycolysis subclass (training cohort, Results: The integer logistic model (cutoff ≥3), incorporating serum α-fetoprotein, serum albumin, arterial enhancement pattern, and histopathological phenotypes (macrotrabecular-massive, compact, and pseudoglandular), achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.905, accuracy of 0.850, and F1 score of 0.80 in the training cohort, with consistent performance across subgroups. External validation using the fully annotated subset of the TCGA-LIHC cohort ( Conclusion: We provide a transcriptomics-independent logistic regression model for identifying glycolysis-enhanced HCC. This approach enables practical metabolic subclassification of HCC using routinely available clinical data. Macrotrabecular-massive and compact histopathological patterns, inhomogeneous arterial hyperenhancement, elevated serum α-fetoprotein levels, and

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18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomographyBiomakerCarcinomaGlycolysisHepatocellular carcinomaMetabolismWarburg effect

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PMCPMC13143330

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