Serum Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive human Mac-2 binding protein is unsuitable as a diagnostic marker of occulthepatocellular carcinoma in end-stage liver cirrhosis
Abstract:Background and Purpose: Serum glycosylated Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2 binding protein (WFA+-M2BP) is a marker of liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic ability of WFA+-M2BP for occult HCC, which current diagnostic imaging tests fail to detect. Methods: Patients who underwent hepatectomy for liver transplantation (LT) and whose whole liver could be sliced and subjected to histological examination between 2000 and 2018 were eligibl… Show more
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