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SUBMITTER: Siegel AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275375 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Siegel Abby B AB Goyal Abhishek A Salomao Marcela M Wang Shuang S Lee Valerie V Hsu Christine C Rodriguez Rosa R Hershman Dawn L DL Brown Robert S RS Neugut Alfred I AI Emond Jean J Kato Tomoaki T Samstein Benjamin B Faleck David D Karagozian Raffi R
Oncology 20141003 1
<h4>Background</h4>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The rise in metabolic syndrome has contributed to this trend. Adipokines, such as adiponectin, are associated with prognosis in several cancers, but have not been well studied in HCC.<h4>Methods</h4>We prospectively enrolled 140 patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent HCC with Child-Pugh (CP) class A or B cirrhosis. We examined associations between serum adipokines, clinicopathological fea ...[more]