Serum Golgi protein-73 in combination with α-fetoprotein for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma in Egyptian patients

• Main Authors: Mohamed M Makhlouf (Author), Mohamed Abdel Mabood (Author), Shereen A Saleh (Author), Sarah El Nakeep (Author), Sara M Abdelhakam (Author), Marwa Rushdy (Author), Essam M Abd-Al Hafez (Author), Ahmed Abbas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and aim Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third cause of cancer-related mortality. α-fetoprotein (AFP) is not a highly sensitive marker for predicting HCC despite its high specificity. Serum Golgi protein-73 (sGP73) seems to be promising new marker. This study aimed at evaluating the...