Postoperative interferon alpha treatment postponed recurrence and improved overall survival in patients after curative resection of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomized clinical trial.

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Published in J Cancer Res Clin Oncol on March 24, 2006

Authors

Hui-Chuan Sun1, Zhao-You Tang, Lu Wang, Lun-Xiu Qin, Zeng-Chen Ma, Qin-Hai Ye, Bo-Heng Zhang, Yong-Bin Qian, Zhi-Quan Wu, Jia Fan, Xin-Da Zhou, Jian Zhou, Shuang-Jian Qiu, Yue-Fang Shen

Author Affiliations

1: Liver Cancer Institute and Zhong Shan Hospital, Fudan University, 136 Yi Xue Yuan Road, 200032, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Associated clinical trials:

The Effect of Postoperative Interferon- Alpha Treatment in Low miR-26 Expression Patients With HCC | NCT01681446

The Investigation of Peginterferon Alfa-2a on the RFS of the Subjects With HCC Who Have Been Treated by Resection | NCT03253250

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