2017
Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 as a prognostic biomarker in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Luo G, Jin K, Cheng H, Liu C, Guo M, Lu Y, Yang C, Xu J, Wang W, Gao H, Zhang S, Long J, Xu J, Ni Q, Chen J, Yu X. Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 as a prognostic biomarker in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Oncology Letters 2017, 14: 6795-6800. PMID: 29163700, PMCID: PMC5688789, DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.7071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsCA19-9 levelsCA19-9Carbohydrate antigen 19Overall survivalPrognostic factorsAntigen 19Neuroendocrine tumorsPrognostic biomarkerMajority of PNETsTumor node metastasis (TNM) stage IIIROC curveBaseline CA19-9 levelsSerum CA19-9 levelsMetastasis stage IIIPrimary end pointAdverse prognostic factorPatients' overall survivalExpression levelsConsecutive patientsPresent studySingle institutionAbnormal elevationStage IIINormal range
2002
Combination of interferon alfa‐2b and ribavirin in liver transplant recipients with histological recurrent hepatitis C
Firpi R, Abdelmalek M, Soldevila‐Pico C, Reed A, Hemming A, Howard R, van der Werf W, Lauwers G, Liu C, Crawford J, Davis G, Nelson D. Combination of interferon alfa‐2b and ribavirin in liver transplant recipients with histological recurrent hepatitis C. Liver Transplantation 2002, 8: 1000-1006. PMID: 12424712, DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.34968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterferon alfa-2bLiver transplantationAlfa-2bHistological recurrenceViral eradicationHCV RNAWeek 24Recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionHCV RNA 6 monthsHepatitis C virus infectionEnd pointProgressive cholestatic diseaseRecurrent HCV infectionSerum HCV RNAC virus infectionLiver transplant recipientsPrimary end pointRecurrent hepatitis CSecondary end pointsGenotype 1 infectionYears of therapyEnd of treatmentHigh viral loadLiver biopsy resultsRecurrent HCV