Alpha‐fetoprotein production by hepatocellular carcinoma is prognostic of poor patients survival
Alpha‐fetoprotein production by hepatocellular carcinoma is prognostic of poor patients survival
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肝细胞癌产生的甲胎蛋白是患者生存不良的预后
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Itsuo Miyazaki
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作者:
R. Izumi;Kohichi Shimizu;M. Kiriyama;T. Hashimoto;M. Urade;M. Yagi;Y. Mizukami;A. Nonomura;Itsuo Miyazaki
Immunohistochemistry using the avidinbiotinperoxidase complex method was performed to study the production of alphafetoprotein (AFP) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue specimens which were obtained surgically. The relationship between staining for AFP and serum AFP levels or pathological findings was examined. The prognosis of the patients with HCC who underwent curative hepatic resections was studied with respect to the staining for AFP in their tumors. The mean serum AFP level in patients with positive AFP staining was significantly higher than in those with negative AFP staining. No significant relationship was found between AFP positivity and tumor size, tumor encapsulation, degree of vascular invasion, or the histological differentiation grade of the tumor. The patients with AFP‐positive carcinomas had a poorer prognosis than did those with AFP‐negative carcinomas (5‐year survival rate of AFP‐positive and negative groups were 26.7% and 56.5%, respectively). © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.