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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2021

Human Cytomegalovirus Is Associated with Lower HCC Recurrence in Liver Transplant Patients.

Po-Jung Hsu, Hao-Chien Hung, Jin-Chiao Lee, Yu-Chao Wang, Chih-Hsien Cheng, Tsung-Han Wu, Ting-Jung Wu, Hong-Shiue Chou, Kun-Ming Chan, Wei-Chen Lee and 1 more

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Cytomegalovirus Reactivation Is Associated With Lower Rates of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025
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11 authors.

Po-Jung HsuDepartment of General Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Hao-Chien HungDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-8830-3679
Jin-Chiao LeeDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-6075-8786
Yu-Chao WangDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Chih-Hsien ChengDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Tsung-Han WuDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Ting-Jung WuDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Hong-Shiue ChouDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Kun-Ming ChanDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Wei-Chen LeeDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Chen-Fang LeeDepartment of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has been reported to compromise liver transplantation (LT) outcomes. Recent studies have shown that CMV has a beneficial oncolytic ability. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of CMV on tumor recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent liver transplantation (LT). This retrospective study enrolled 280 HCC patients with LT at our institute between January 2005 and January 2016. Their relevant demographic characteristics, pre- and post-LT conditions, and explant histology were collected. A CMV pp65 antigenemia assay was performed weekly following LT to identify CMV infection. A total of 121 patients (43.2%) were CMV antigenemia-positive and 159 patients (56.8%) were negative. A significantly superior five-year recurrence-free survival was observed among CMV antigenemia-positive patients compared with the CMV-negative group (89.2% vs. 79.9%,

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsLiver TransplantationCytomegalovirusHumansRetrospective Studiescytomegalovirushepatocellular carcinomaliver transplantation

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PMID34898547
PMCPMC8544456

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