Predictive value of serum biomarkers in patients after portal vein embolization (PVE): A pilot study

Abstract

This study evaluated the predictive value of serum biomarkers for liver hypertrophy and tumor progression after PVE. The significant predictive biomarkers of PVE inclued serum TPA levels, monototal, IGF-BP3, IGF1, TGF- alfa, EGF, HGF,VEGF, TNF alfa and IL-10 before PVE; and TK, TPA, monototal, IGF-BP3, TGF alfa and IL-8 over the course of 28 days after PVE.

Keywords

• Predictive
• value
• serum
• biomarkers
• patients
• after
• portal
• vein
• embolitzation
• PVE
• pilot
• study