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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Zuolin Xiang
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27635 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The oncologist 20110610 7
<h4>Background</h4>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) most commonly develops in patients who have a viral infection, especially in the case of hepatitis B virus (HBV), and in patients with a chronic liver disease. HCC patients with bone metastasis (BM) suffer from pain and other symptoms that significantly reduce their quality of life. Identification of patients who are at high risk for BM after undergoing potentially curative treatment for HCC remains challenging. Here, we aimed to identify HCC BM- ...[more]