AFP, alpha fetoprotein, 174

N. diseases: 392; N. variants: 9
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE AFP mRNA is a more reliable marker of metastasis compared to serum AFP. 15993394 2005
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE AFP mRNA has been shown to correlate with the metastasis and recurrence of HCC, and it may be the most useful marker to prefigure the prognosis. 16534867 2006
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE AFP >400 μg/mL, index tumor size >5 cm, and vascular invasion individually had strong association with metastasis, with OR (95% confidence interval) of 11.5 (5.9-22.1), 17.7 (9.0-34.8), and 18.9 (8.2-43.9), respectively, but with moderate sensitivities as metastasis screening tests, with 71.9% (65.7-77.3), 75.6% (69.6-80.7), and 58.5% (52.1-64.7), respectively. 29081671 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE A Cox regression model revealed that liver cancer survival was independently associated with tumor size, metastasis and α-fetoprotein value. 31452799 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE After surgery, AFP was greatly reduced, no recurrence of the residual liver and no metastasis in the distance. 31686845 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Although circulating serum AFP is known as a growth-enhancing factor during development, cytoplasmic AFP has a lethal role in the oncogenesis, growth, and metastasis of adult liver cancer. 26162540 2015
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Antitumor efficacy was assessed based on serum levels of alpha fetoprotein and computed tomography of metastases. 30711630 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE CIMP+ in HCC was significantly associated with distant metastasis (OR = 4.28, 95% CI = 2.57-7.10, P < 0.00001, heterogeneity = 0.888), TNM tumor stage IIII + IV (OR = 5.73, 95% CI = 3.70-8.88, P < 0.0001, heterogeneity = 0.449), cirrhosis (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.33,4.83, P = 0.005, heterogeneity = 0.121) and a higher level of AFP (>300 ng/ml) than those with CIMP- (OR = 2.63, 95% CI = 1.79,3.89, P < 0.00001, heterogeneity = 0.432). 29698791 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics and FOXQ1 expression in HCC by IHC and χ(2) tests showed that high FOXQ1 expression was linked to large tumor diameter, high serum α-fetoprotein levels and later stage grouping with tumor node metastasis classification. 23623360 2013
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Contrast-enhanced <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT is a valuable tool for the detection of intrahepatic HCC recurrence or extrahepatic metastasis following rising AFP levels after LRT of HCC, and should be incorporated during routine workup awaiting LT. 29948070 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Decreased GABPA expression was correlated with alpha-fetoprotein levels (P = 0.001), tumor grade (P = 0.017), and distant metastasis (P = 0.021). 28549418 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE DHX15 expression in HCC patients was associated with differentiation status (P = .018), tumor number (P = .048), intrahepatic or extrahepatic metastasis (P = .001), serum α-fetoprotein (P = .006), hepatitis B virus level (P = .018), and recurrence (P < .001). 30339968 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Diagnostic factors found to be most prognostic on initial analysis were PRETreatment EXTent of disease (PRETEXT) group; age younger than 3 years, 3-7 years, and 8 years or older; α fetoprotein (AFP) concentration of 100 ng/mL or lower and 101-1000 ng/mL; and the PRETEXT annotation factors metastatic disease (M), macrovascular involvement of all hepatic veins (V) or portal bifurcation (P), contiguous extrahepatic tumour (E), multifocal tumour (F), and spontaneous rupture (R). 27884679 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Elevated TRIM24 level was found in 61.4% HCC samples (51/83) correlating with AFP (P = 0.036), poor differentiation (P = 0.004), intrahepatic metastasis (P = 0.004), recurrence (P = 0.000006), and shorter tumor-free survival time (P = 0.002). 24409330 2014
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Extrahepatic metastasis developed more frequently among the AFP mRNA-positive patients (13 of 54) than among the AFP mRNA-negative patients (2 of 27) (p=0.0296). 10453948 1999
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE From these results, we conclude that the presence of alpha-fetoprotein mRNA in peripheral blood may be an indicator of circulating malignant or benign hepatocytes, which might predict hematogenous spreading metastasis of tumor cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. 7527002 1994
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Furthermore, analyzing data from The Cancer Genome Atlas-Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (TCGA-LIHC) and GSE14520 datasets revealed a significant correlation between MED15 expression and the tumor size (P=0.033), Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage (P=0.031), α-fetoprotein levels (P=0.002) and metastasis risk (P=0.001). 29556287 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Furthermore, CMTM6 expression was correlated with HCC metastasis and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) (p < 0.05). 30562063 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Gene transfer of kringle 1-5 caused a significant reduction in vessel density with suppression of tumor growth of the 3 hepatoma cell lines and serum alpha-fetoprotein levels, prolonged the survival period, and reduced the number of intrahepatic metastases. 16618420 2006
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Here, we demonstrated that miR-126 is generally downregulated in a homogeneous population of pre-operational treatment-naïve hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma patients (84.0%, 84/100), and its expression is significantly associated with pre-operational alpha-fetoprotein levels ( p < 0.05), microvascular invasion ( p < 0.05), tumor metastasis ( p < 0.05), as well as early recurrence (12 months after surgery; p < 0.01). 28639884 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE High GOLPH3 expression was positively correlated with high serum AFP level (P = 0.015) and more tumor recurrence or metastasis (P = 0.010). 24867097 2014
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Higher Pyk2 density in both tumor and peritumor was associated with lower overall survival (P = 0.044; P = 0.041, respectively), serum AFP levels > 1,000 ng/ml (P = 0.013; P = 0.032, respectively) and postoperative distant metastasis (both P < 0.001). 22618716 2013
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE His alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level increased above the normal limit, and metastases were noted in the transplanted liver and peritoneum four years after the first LDLTx. 31130716 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE However, the prognosis for high-risk patients who have extrahepatic extensions, invasion of the large hepatic veins, distant metastases and very high alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) serum levels remains poor. 23009685 2012
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Human alpha-fetoprotein mRNA was detected in 23 blood samples from the HCC patients (23/64, 36%), in 17 patients in whom there was no clinical evidence of distant metastasis. 7536120 1995