Positivity of high-sensitivity HBsAg test, not previous HBV infection, indicates poor prognosis in patients with non-HBV-related HCC.

Naohiro YasuuraGoki SudaMasatsugu OharaAkimitsu MenoTakuya ShoRisako KohyaTakashi SasakiTomoka YodaSonoe YoshidaQingjie FuZijian YangShunichi HosodaOsamu MaeharaShunsuke OhnishiTomoya SaitouMasaya SugiyamaTakasuke FukuharaMasaru BabaTakashi KitagatayaNaoki Kawagishi Masato NakaiMitsuteru NatsuizakaKoji OgawaAkinobu TaketomiNaoya Sakamoto

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2024)

In non-HBV-related-HCC patients, hHBsAg+, not pHBV, is significantly and independently associated with poor prognosis.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
hepatitis b virus
long non coding rna
liver failure
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
drug induced