Chika Nakagawa, Tsunekazu Oikawa, Kohji Yamada, Akihito Tsubota, Chisato Saeki, Kuniko Katagiri, Naoko Tago, Hiroshi Kamioka, Kaoru Ueda, Koichiro Haruki, Kenei Furukawa, Masanori Nakano, Yuichi Torisu, Toru Ikegami, Kiyotsugu Yoshida, Masayuki Saruta
BACKGROUND: The conventional markers for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), α-fetoprotein (AFP) and des-γ-carboxy prothrombin (DCP), have several limitations; both have low sensitivity in patients with early-stage HCC; low sensitivity for AFP with HCC after eliminating hepatitis C virus (HCV); low specificity for DCP in patients with non-viral HCC, which is increasing worldwide; low specificity for AFP in patients with liver injury; and low specificity for DCP in patients treated with warfarin...
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