Hepatitis B virus pre-S2 deletion (nucleotide 1 to 54) in plasma predicts recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative surgical resection

• Chiao-Fang Teng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chiaofangteng@gmail.com (CFT); suihjen0704@stust.edu.tw (IJS); longbin.cmuh@gmail.com (LBJ)

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Organ Transplantation Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Research Center for Cancer Biology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Tsai-Chung Li,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hsi-Yuan Huang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wen-Ling Chan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, Epigenome Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Han-Chieh Wu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan

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• Woei-Cherng Shyu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Occupational Therapy, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Translational Medicine Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ih-Jen Su ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chiaofangteng@gmail.com (CFT); suihjen0704@stust.edu.tw (IJS); longbin.cmuh@gmail.com (LBJ)

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Long-Bin Jeng

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chiaofangteng@gmail.com (CFT); suihjen0704@stust.edu.tw (IJS); longbin.cmuh@gmail.com (LBJ)

  Affiliation Organ Transplantation Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-2268

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