Assessment of liver cancer biomarkers
Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench,
Vol. 13 No. Supplement 1 (2020),
9 December 2020
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Page S29-S39
https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.v13i1.2221
Abstract
Liver cancer is the third cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. It is primarily divides into two main types, namely hepatocellular carcinoma (HC) and cholangiocarcinoma (IC). Due to the increasing number of patients with liver cancer and the high mortality rate, early diagnosis of the disease can be helpful in treatment, but most patients are diagnosed atlate stages of HC. The aim of this study is to screen and provide an overview on candidate biomarkers related to primary liver cancer to introduce the critical ones. In this study, various biomarkers related to the diagnosis of primary liver cancer have been studied. Accordingly, biomarkers are divided into different groups as blood biomarkers classified as serum and plasma biomarkers, tissue biomarkers, microRNA biomarkers, proteomic biomarkers and altered genes. Previous researches have focused on liver cells and bile ducts, the surround cellular environment, how cells differentiate, and the types of genes expressed in liver cancer. Some even have focused on the origin of tumor cells and how they differentiate and develop. In all these studies, the expression of specific proteins and genes in liver cancer has been considered. Based on available sources, biomarkers can be considered as candidates to diagnose and prognosis of various types of primary liver cancer, from sources such as blood, tissue, mic-RNA, proteome and genes. However, more investigations are required to introduce a biomarker for precise detection of early liver cancer.
Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Biomarker, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Proteomics.
(Please cite as: Mansouri V, Razzaghi MR, Nikzamir A, Ahmadzadeh AR, Iranshahi M, Haghazali M, et al. Assessment of liver cancer biomarkers. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench 2020;13(Suppl.1):S29-S39).
- Hepatocellular carcinoma, Biomarker, diagnosis, prognosis , proteomics
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