Abstract

We developed an mRNA-based, highly specific and sensitive method to detect hepatocellular carcinoma cells present in blood. However, the reason for some patients being positive for blood analysis and negative for recurrence has yet to be found. We recently established a method to measure membrane fluidity of hepatocellular carcinoma cells, and used it to analyze the actual membrane fluidity of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. We found that patients with carcinoma cells with lower membrane fluidity less frequently developed recurrence. The analysis of both membrane fluidity and alpha-fetoprotein mRNA thus greatly increased the accuracy of the prediction of postoperative recurrence.

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