Minimal increases of serum alpha-foetoprotein herald HCC detection in Caucasian HBV cirrhotic patients under long-term oral therapy.
Alessandro LoglioMassimo IavaroneMauro ViganòAnnalisa OrentiFloriana FacchettiIvan CortinovisGiovanna LunghiFerruccio CeriottiVincenzo OcchipintiMariagrazia RumiAngelo SangiovanniMassimo ColomboPietro LamperticoPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)
In Caucasian patients with HBV-compensated cirrhosis on long-term NUC, an increase in AFP over 7 ng/mL shows excellent specificity, heralding HCC development within 1 year.