A newly developed nomogram predicts preoperative microvascular invasion in patients with HCC, improving surgical planning and outcomes.

Background and Aim Despite improvements of treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the recurrence rate after curative hepatic resection still remains remarkably high. An immediate recurrence ...

microvascular invasion and cancer stemness, in 68 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In vitro, EpCAM enhanced cancer cell stemness, as reflected by increased abilities of proliferation ...

Although we found portal venous invasion to be the only significant independent risk factor among those evaluated, it may have limited clinical utility as a predictor. This study had several ...