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- Document type:
- Journal Article
- Author(s):
- Kornberg, Arno; Witt, Ulrike; Kornberg, Jennifer; Müller, Katharina; Friess, Helmut; Thrum, Katharina
- Title:
- Postoperative peak serum C-reactive protein is a predictor of outcome following liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Abstract:
- C-reactive protein (CRP), a biomarker of inflammation, may correlate with prognosis in several malignancies.To investigate the prognostic impact of early postoperative peak serum levels of CRP on tumor-specific outcome in 106 liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).In multivariate Cox regression analysis, a posttransplant elevated peak CRP level (>versus <= 3.5 mg/dl) was identified as an independent predictor of poor recurrence-free survival (p = 0.01; HR = 4.04; CI = 1.399-11.640).Early postoperative serum CRP may serve as a useful inflammation-based biomarker of outcome in liver transplant patients with HCC.
- Journal title abbreviation:
- Biomarkers
- Year:
- 2016
- Journal volume:
- 21
- Journal issue:
- 2
- Pages contribution:
- 152-9
- Language:
- eng
- Fulltext / DOI:
- doi:10.3109/1354750X.2015.1118548
- Pubmed ID:
- http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26643974
- Print-ISSN:
- 1354-750X
- TUM Institution:
- Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
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