Level of hepatitis B surface antigen might serve as a new marker to predict hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence following curative resection in patients with low viral load.

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Published in Am J Cancer Res on January 15, 2015

Authors

Hua-Bang Zhou1, Qiao-Mei Li1, Zheng-Rong Zhong2, Jing-Yi Hu3, Xiao-Lan Jiang1, Hao Wang1, Hui Wang1, Bing Yang1, He-Ping Hu1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Hepatobiliary I, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China.
2: Department of Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital, Bengbu Medical College Anhui, China.
3: Department of Digestive Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai, China.

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