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SUBMITTER: Kim SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7719187 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Sun Ah SA Cho Eun Ju EJ Lee Sungyoung S Cho Young Youn YY Kim Boram B Yoon Jung-Hwan JH Park Taesung T
Scientific reports 20201204 1
Fibronectin, a matrix glycoprotein aberrantly expressed in various tumor cells, is a known candidate biomarker for the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we investigated whether serum fibronectin levels could predict tumor recurrence in patients with early-stage HCC after curative treatment. A total of 83 patients who showed complete response after initial curative treatment were included. The levels of serum fibronectin at baseline and 4-6 weeks after initial trea ...[more]