Mohamed Ibrahem Mohamed Elsayed <br/><br/>
Clinical significance of serum level of interleukin -6 (IL-6) as a tumor marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) /  
 القيمة الاكلينيكية لقياس مستوى الانترلوكين-6 فى الدم كأحد دلالات الأورام لمرض سرطان الكبد 
Mohamed Ibrahem Mohamed Elsayed ; Supervised Yasser Hussein Nassar , Fatma Mohamed Taha , Mohamed Ali Ezz Elarab 
 - Cairo :   Mohamed Ibrahem Mohamed Elsayed ,   2012 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Medical Biochemistry 
<br/><br/> Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer in the world . Currently standrad surveillance includes a combination of 6 monthly ultrasound scans (USS) and serum  Ü- fetoprotein measurements but this strategy does not reliably detect the disease in its early stages . An increasing body of evidence indicates a key role of the cytokine IL -6 in the process of liver damage and carcinogenesis 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Alpha-1-fucosidase  Glypican-3  Hepatitis C virus