Prothrombin induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II and alpha foetoprotein to predict development of hepatocellular carcinoma in Caucasian patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis treated with direct-acting antiviral agents.
Elisabetta DegasperiRiccardo PerbelliniRoberta D'AmbrosioSara Colonia Uceda RenteriaFerruccio CeriottiAlberto PeregoCorinna OrsiniMarta BorghiMassimo IavaroneMariangela BruccoleriAlessandro RimondiAnnalisa De SilvestriAngelo SangiovanniPietro LamperticoPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2021)
In patients with HCV-related cirrhosis treated with DAA, PIVKA-II and AFP independently predicted HCC, while their combination improved risk stratification.