Evaluating the role of preoperative serum insulin-like growth factor 1 as a predictor of survival and recurrence for patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma
Low preoperative IGF-1 levels were a predictor of poor survival after liver resection for HCC but did not correlate with recurrence rates. This may be related to poor hepatic reserve in patients with low IGF-1 levels.
Authors
- Hesham M. Amin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-6699)
- Yun Shin Chun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1384-8927)
- Hop S. Tran Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8612-8272)
- Ahmed Omar Kaseb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9491-0587)
- Joe Ramzi Eid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7691-0170)
- Ching‐Wei D. Tzeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6035-7288)
- Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
- Antony Haddad
- Timothy E Newhook
- Manal M. Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8413-449X)
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Published
- 2025-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gassur.2025.102275
- Primary Topic
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00