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Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected patients have an almost 100-fold increased risk to develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC is the fifth most common and third most deadly cancer worldwide. Up to 50% of newly diagnosed HCC cases are attributed to HBV infection. Early detection improves survival and can be achieved through regular screening. Six-monthly abdominal ultrasound, either alone or in combination with alpha-fetoprotein serum levels, has been widely endorsed for this purpose. Both techniques however yield limited diagnostic accuracy, which is not improved when they are combined. Alternative circulating or histological markers to predict or diagnose HCC are therefore urgently needed. Recent advances in systems biology technologies have enabled the identification of several new putative circulating biomarkers. Although results from studies assessing combinations of these biomarkers are promising, evidence for their clinical utility remains low. In addition, most of the studies conducted so far show limitations in design. Attention must be paid for instance to different ethnicities and different etiologies when studying biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma. This r

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Author

Stijn Van Hees; Peter Michielsen; Thomas Vanwolleghem

Publisher

BaiShiDeng Publishing Group; Baishideng Publishing Group Co ; W J G Press; Beijing: WJG Press, 1998-; Pleasanton CA: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.; Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. (ISSN 1007-9327)

Published

2016

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)