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Alpha-fetoprotein in the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
Increased AFP levels in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are mainly related to tumor size and in a lesser degree, to AST levels. Abnormal and/or diagnostic AFP levels will be observed in a reduced proportion of patients with small HCC (less than 5 cm). Therefore, AFP measurement is of little value in the early detection of HCC.