Utility of a microRNA panel in diagnosis and prognosis of hepatitis C-associated hepatocellular carcinoma.

Overall, the assessed miR-331-3p, miR-23b-3p, and miR-3194-5p were significantly associated with poor clinicopathological features of HCC and could be used to discriminate HCV-related HCC patients from cirrhosis and differentiating metastatic from nonmetastatic patients, primarily miR-331-3p along with combined miRNAs. Moreover, miR-331-3p was found to be an independent factor for metastatic lesions.