GENE INVOLVED IN OCCURRENCE/RECURRENCE OF HCV-POSITIVE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

摘要

A method for screening a gene involved in the premature recurrence of HCV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma accompanied by chronic hepatitis, the method comprises the steps of determining the expression amount of every gene at a non-cancerate site in each of a patient with premature recurrence of HCV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma accompanied by chronic hepatitis and a patient with delayed recurrence of the carcinoma, and selecting a gene whose expression is increased in a patient with premature recurrence of the carcinoma compared to that in a patient with delayed recurrence of the carcinoma. The method can provide a gene involved in the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma.