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Editorial
. 2023 Dec 1;12(6):930-932.
doi: 10.21037/hbsn-23-509. Epub 2023 Oct 27.

Hepatocellular carcinoma extracellular vesicle ECG score as a diagnostic tool close to the ideal

Artur Słomka  1 , Tudor Mocan  2   3 , Arnulf G Willms  4 , Veronika Lukacs-Kornek  5 , Miroslaw T Kornek  6
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Editorial

Hepatocellular carcinoma extracellular vesicle ECG score as a diagnostic tool close to the ideal

Artur Słomka et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Extracellular vesicles (EVs); biomarker; early-stage; hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://hbsn.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/hbsn-23-509/coif). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Depicted simplified concept of the major steps in the use of the ECG score in decision making if early-stage HCC is present as proposed by Sun et al. (12). HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; EV, extracellular vesicle; ECG, CD63+EpCAM+ EVs, CD63+CD147+ EVs, and CD63+GPC3+ HCC EVs.
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Comment on

  • HCC EV ECG score: An extracellular vesicle-based protein assay for detection of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Sun N, Zhang C, Lee YT, Tran BV, Wang J, Kim H, Lee J, Zhang RY, Wang JJ, Hu J, Zhang Z, Alsudaney MS, Hou KC, Tang H, Zhang TX, Liang IY, Zhou Z, Chen M, Yeh AH, Li W, Zhou XJ, Chang HR, Han SB, Sadeghi S, Finn RS, Saab S, Busuttil RW, Noureddin M, Ayoub WS, Kuo A, Sundaram V, Al-Ghaieb B, Palomique J, Kosari K, Kim IK, Todo T, Nissen NN, Tomasi ML, You S, Posadas EM, Wu JX, Wadehra M, Sim MS, Li Y, Wang HL, French SW, Lu SC, Wu L, Pei R, Liang L, Yang JD, Agopian VG, Tseng HR, Zhu Y. Sun N, et al. Hepatology. 2023 Mar 1;77(3):774-788. doi: 10.1002/hep.32692. Epub 2023 Feb 17. Hepatology. 2023. PMID: 35908246 Free PMC article.

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