Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2 binding protein predicts early occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after sustained virologic response by direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C virus.
Yutaka YasuiMasayuki KurosakiYasuyuki KomiyamaHitomi TakadaNobuharu TamakiKeiya WatakabeMao OkadaWan WangTakao ShimizuYohei KubotaMayu HiguchiKenta TakauraKaoru TsuchiyaHiroyuki NakanishiYuka TakahashiJun ItakuraNobuyuki EnomotoNamiki IzumiPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2018)
Post-SVR WFA+ -M2BP is a predictive factor for the development of HCC in patients with no previous HCC history and treated with DAAs. Post-SVR AFP was predictive for HCC recurrence after DAA therapy.