Journal of International Oncology››2011,Vol. 38››Issue (10): 783-786.

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Melanoma antigen A and hepatocellular carcinoma

ZHANG Yong-Jun, ZHANG Wen-Min

  1. Departmengt of Pathology,Cancer Institute,Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou 350004,China
  • Online:2011-10-08Published:2011-09-27

Abstract:Melanoma antigen A is a kind of tumor-associated antigen, which expresses in various types of hunman malignant tumor tissues especially in melanoma. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a kind of malignant epithelialtumor with high incidence which occurs in liver.Searching foreffective diagnosis and treatment methods of it become a pressing task. It is confirmed that MAGE-A gene is highly expressed in HCC tissues which has great significance to the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for HCC.