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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 97, Issue 10, Pages 1399-1403Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604034
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HCV; HCC; blood testing; cell-free DNA; real-time PCR; GSTP1
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In a previous study, we showed that levels of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) were significantly higher in sera of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) than in sera of non-HCC patients with HCV. To confirm this finding, we analysed serum cfDNA levels in a cohort of 96 patients with HCV-related HCC and in 100 HCV carriers without known HCC. Again we found that serum cfDNA levels were significantly higher in HCC patients than in HCV carriers ( 115.9 +/- 98.3 vs 34.4 +/- 40.4 ng ml(-1) (mean +/- s.d.), P<0.0001). Of 87 eligible patients who underwent curative hepatectomy, those with a high cfDNA level had a significantly shorter overall survival (OS) time than those in whom the cfDNA level was not high. Cox proportional hazards model showed the cfDNA level to be an independent prognostic factor for OS and cancer recurrence in distant organs. Our results suggest that the serum cfDNA level reflects the metastatic potential of HCV-related HCC and that it can be a useful predictive biomarker for distant metastasis after curative surgery.
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