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Alpha-fetoprotein improves early detection of liver cancer with cirrhosis

Magnetic resonance imaging alone to detect early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma had a low level of sensitivity among patients with cirrhosis, according to a recently published meta-analysis. However, ...
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What is the Alpha Fetoprotein Test?

Many imaging and serologic tests have been evolved to help predict the occurrence of congenital disease. One such test is the maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening test (MS-AFP). The MS-AFP test ...
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Alpha-Fetoprotein Response After Locoregional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Oncologic Marker of Radiologic Response, Progression, and Survival

Molecular Predictors of Progression-Free and Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: A Prospective Translational Study of the German Glioma Network Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is ...
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Alpha fetoprotein (AFP) response and efficacy outcomes in the phase III CELESTIAL trial of cabozantinib (C) versus placebo (P) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Real world eligibility for cabozantinib (C), regorafenib (Reg), and ramucirumab (Ram) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients after sorafenib (S). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2019 ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Second-Trimester Maternal Serum Levels of Alpha-Fetoprotein and the Subsequent Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Unexplained stillbirth and the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) share some features. A raised maternal serum level of alpha-fetoprotein during the second trimester of pregnancy is a marker of ...
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Second-Trimester Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein Levels Linked to Risk of SIDS

Sept. 1, 2004 — Second-trimester maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein levels are associated with the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to an analysis of databases published in the ...