Poor sleep and elevation of liver function biomarkers may be predictive of liver cancer
1. Unhealthy sleep, as well elevations of liver enzymes and decreased levels of albumin and liver functional biomarkers, were significantly ...
Tag: liver cancer
Camrelizumab plus rivoceranib superior to sorafenib for treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma
1. Patients in the camrelizumab-rivoceranib group reported significantly greater progression-free survival than the sorafenib group. 2. Treatment-related deaths were comparable ...
Gastrointestinal cancer patients may have low spiritual well-being
1. In this cross-sectional study, the mean score for spiritual well-being among patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer was relatively low. ...
Addition of bevacizumab to standard therapy improves outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer
1. Adding bevacizumab to mFOLFOX6 therapy among patients with RAS mutant metastatic colorectal cancer led to an increased rate of ...
Lipophilic statins associated with reduced risk for hepatocellular carcinoma
1. In this prospective propensity score (PS)-matched cohort study, lipophilic statins were found to significantly reduce incidence and mortality of ...
CT texture analysis may predict liver insufficiency after hepatectomy
1. In patients undergoing partial hepatectomy, pre-operative CT scans of liver parenchyma revealed less homogenous texture in patients who went ...
Patient Basics: Liver Cancer
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Liver cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the liver. The ...
A marker of aggressive liver cancer and potential therapeutic target identified
Image: PD 1. Patients whose liver cancers had higher levels of SALL4 had a poorer prognosis. 2. SALL4 could be ...
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