Genetic Variants in the EPCAM Gene Is Associated with the Prognosis of Transarterial Chemoembolization Treated Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus

Xiaohe Yu; Naijian Ge; Xu Guo; Shuqun Shen; Jun Liang; Xiaojun Huang; Shaogui Wan; Jingliang Xing; Qichao Huang; Yefa Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093416

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Genetic Variants in the EPCAM Gene Is Associated with the Prognosis of Transarterial Chemoembolization Treated Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus

Xiaohe Yu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohe Yu, Naijian Ge

Affiliation Department of Radioactive Intervention, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Naijian Ge ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohe Yu, Naijian Ge

Affiliation Department of Radioactive Intervention, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Xu Guo,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Cell Engineering Research Center and Department of Cell Biology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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Shuqun Shen,

Affiliation Department of Radioactive Intervention, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Jun Liang,

Affiliation Department of Radioactive Intervention, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Xiaojun Huang,

Affiliation Experimental Teaching Center of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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Shaogui Wan,

Affiliation Pharmaceutical College, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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Jingliang Xing,

Affiliation Experimental Teaching Center of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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Qichao Huang ,

* E-mail: huangqichao1@163.com (QH); yangyefa66@163.com (YY)

Affiliation Experimental Teaching Center of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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Yefa Yang

* E-mail: huangqichao1@163.com (QH); yangyefa66@163.com (YY)

Affiliation Department of Radioactive Intervention, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Genetic Variants in the EPCAM Gene Is Associated with the Prognosis of Transarterial Chemoembolization Treated Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus

Xiaohe Yu,
Naijian Ge,
Xu Guo,
Shuqun Shen,
Jun Liang,
Xiaojun Huang,
Shaogui Wan,
Jingliang Xing,
Qichao Huang,
Yefa Yang

Published: April 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093416

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