TY - JOUR AU - Tsai, Ming-Chao AU - Yen, Yi-Hao AU - Chang, Kuo-Chin AU - Hung, Chao-Hung AU - Chen, Chien-Hung AU - Lin, Ming-Tsung AU - Hu, Tsung-Hui PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/02 TI - Elevated levels of serum urokinase plasminogen activator predict poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma after resection JO - BMC Cancer SP - 1169 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) is an extracellular matrix-degrading protease that is involved in the invasiveness and progression of cancer. There is good evidence that uPA expression is a clinically relevant biomarker in some solid tumors, but its role in hepatocellulcar carcinoma (HCC) is uncertain. We evaluated the prognostic value of serum uPA before surgery in HCC patients receiving curative resection. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6397-3 DO - 10.1186/s12885-019-6397-3 ID - Tsai2019 ER -