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Open AccessAlpha-1-fucosidase as a prognostic indicator for hepatocellular carcinoma following hepatectomy: a large-scale, long-term study
Preoperative alpha-L-fucosidase (AFU) has been used as a diagnostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its role as a prognostic predictor after partial hepatectomy has not been well defined. The st...
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Open AccessA nomogram predicting pulmonary metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma following partial hepatectomy
Pulmonary metastasis (PM) following curative hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is indicative of a poor prognosis. This study aimed to develop a nomogram to identify patients at high risks of PM.
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Cure is Possible with Salvage Surgery following Downstaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Combined modality non-surgical treatment can effectively downstage unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in some patients to become resectable. Salvage surgery following tumour-downstaging can be curative in t...
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Failure of the Hong Kong criteria to predict the severity of acute pancreatitis
The results of the present study demonstrate that the HK criteria do not provide effective prediction of severity.
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Treatment of inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma with intrahepatic arterial yttrium-90 microspheres: a phase I and II study
Eighteen patients with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were treated with intrahepatic arterial yttrium-90 microspheres. All these patients showed a lung shunting below 15% and a tumour-to-normal rati...
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Phase II study of high-dose ifosfamide in hepatocellular carcinoma
A phase II study of high-dose ifosfamide in hepatocellular carcinoma was conducted among 17 Chinese patients. The dose of ifosfamide used was 2.5 g/m2 daily given as a continuous infusion for 5 days. In all, 15 p...