Synergistic Impact of Alpha-Fetoprotein and Tumor Burden on Long-Term Outcomes Following Curative-Intent Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Diamantis I TsilimigrasJ Madison HyerAdrian DiazFabio BaganteFrancesca RattiHugo Pinto Marques Olivier Soubrane Vincent Wai LamGeorge A PoultsidesIrinel PopescuSorin AlexandrescuGuillaume MartelAklile WorknehAlfredo GuglielmiTom HughLuca AldrighettiItaru EndoTimothy M Pawlik

Published in: Cancers (2021)

Both TBS and serum AFP were important predictors of prognosis among patients with resectable HCC. Serum AFP and TBS had a synergistic impact on prognosis following HCC resection with higher serum AFP predicting worse outcomes among patients with HCC of a certain TBS class.

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