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| Changes of AFPmRNA in blood after percutaneous ethanol injection treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma |
| Yang Liu, Meng-Chao Wu, Guang-Xiang Qian and Bai-He Zhang |
From the Institute of East Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200348, China (Liu Y, Wu MC, Qian GX and Zhang BH)
Correspondence: Yang Liu, MD (Tel: 86-21-25070842; Email: liuyang@smmu.edu.cn) |
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Abstract Objective: To study the effects of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) in treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Methods: Blood samples were taken from 9 HCC patients and detected by nested RT-PCR to find out AFPmRNA after PEI treatment 3-5 times within 2 weeks.
Results: Three (44.44%) of 4 patients with AFPmRNA positive turned to be negative after PEI treatment and 1 with AFPmRNA positive (11.11%) lasted within 2 weeks.
Conclusion: PEI may diminish the possibility of distant metastasis of HCC.
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2002, Vol. 1 
