The impact of thyroid hormones on patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Matthias PinterLukas HauptFlorian HuckeSimona BotaTheresa A BucsicsMichael TraunerMarkus Peck-RadosavljevicWolfgang SieghartPublished in: PloS one (2017)
TSH and fT4 were associated with prognostic factors of HCC (i.e., tumor size, CRP level). Elevated fT4 concentrations were independently associated with poor prognosis in HCC. Further studies are needed to characterize the role of TH in HCC in detail.