Intratumor Heterogeneity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Juliane Friemel,
Markus Rechsteiner,
Lukas Frick,
Friederike Böhm,
Kirsten Struckmann,
Michèle Egger,
Holger Moch,
Mathias Heikenwälder,
Achim Weber
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.427
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1557-3265
pISSN - 1078-0432
DOI - 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-0122
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , cytokeratin , immunohistochemistry , pathology , cd44 , sanger sequencing , biology , genetic heterogeneity , liver cancer , carcinoma , cancer , cancer research , cell , medicine , phenotype , gene , mutation , genetics
Morphologic intratumor heterogeneity is well known to exist in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but very few systematic analyses of this phenomenon have been performed. The aim of this study was to comprehensively characterize morphologic intratumor heterogeneity in HCC. Also, taken into account were well-known immunohistochemical markers and molecular changes in liver cells that are considered in proposed classifications of liver cell neoplasms or discussed as molecular therapeutic targets.
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