Article
X protein mutations in hepatitis B virus DNA predict postoperative survival in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Oct 2014
Xie Ying, Liu Shufeng, Zhao Yue, Guo Zhanjun, Xu Jinsheng
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA is prone to mutations because of the proofreading deficiencies of HBV polymerase. The postoperative prognostic value of HBV mutations in HBV X protein (HBx) gene was assessed in HBV associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. The HBx gene was amplified and sequ...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
