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Circulating tumor and cancer stem cells in hepatitis C virus-associated liver disease.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Dec 2014
Bahnassy Abeer A, Zekri Abdel-Rahman N, El-Bastawisy Ahmed, Fawzy Amal, Shetta Marwa, Hussein Nehal, Omran Dalia, Ahmed Abdallah A S, El-Labbody Samir S
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To assess the role of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cancer stem cells (CSCs) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated liver disease. METHODS: Blood and/or tissue samples were obtained from HCV (genotype 4)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma patients (HCC; n = 120), chronic hepatitis C patients (CH; n = 30) and 33 normal control subjects (n = 33). Serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), alkaline...
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