Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach: Current Perspectives and New Developments
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Clinicopathological and Prognostic Characteristics of Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach
The present study was undertaken to clarify the association of the clinicopathological features of hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) in the stomach, a special kind of carcinoma that histologically resembled hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is characterized by large amounts of α -fetoprotein (AFP) in serum, with the clinical prognosis. We collected the data of the clinicopathological features and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Oncology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2234-943X
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.633916