Serum levels of ferritin do not affect the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing radiofrequency ablation.

BACKGROUND & AIMS:Hepatic iron accumulation can accelerate liver injury in patients with various chronic liver diseases and lead to hepatocarcinogenesis. We elucidated the impact of serum levels of ferritin on the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in...

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Main Authors: Koji Uchino, Ryosuke Tateishi, Ryo Nakagomi, Naoto Fujiwara, Tatsuya Minami, Masaya Sato, Kenichiro Enooku, Hayato Nakagawa, Yoshinari Asaoka, Yuji Kondo, Junji Shibahara, Shuichiro Shiina, Kazuhiko Koike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6059486?pdf=render