TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Ibrahem Mohamed Elsayed AU - Fatma Mohamed Taha , AU - Mohamed Ali Ezz Elarab , AU - Yasser Hussein Nassar , TI - Clinical significance of serum level of interleukin -6 (IL-6) as a tumor marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Ibrahem Mohamed Elsayed , KW - Alpha-1-fucosidase KW - Glypican-3 KW - Hepatitis C virus N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Medical Biochemistry; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -