Early changes in immunoglobulin G levels during immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment are associated with survival in hepatocellular carcinoma patients

• Lorenz Balcar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Liver Cancer (HCC) Study Group Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6708-3061

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• David Bauer,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Liver Cancer (HCC) Study Group Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9363-8518

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• Katharina Pomej,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Liver Cancer (HCC) Study Group Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Tobias Meischl,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Liver Cancer (HCC) Study Group Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 3rd Medical Department (Hematology & Oncology), Hanusch Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1716-9166

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• Mattias Mandorfer,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Thomas Reiberger,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4590-3583

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• Michael Trauner,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Bernhard Scheiner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Liver Cancer (HCC) Study Group Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Matthias Pinter

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matthias.pinter@meduniwien.ac.at

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Liver Cancer (HCC) Study Group Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7260-532X

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