High serum interleukin-6 level predicts
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Vincent Wai-Sun Wong; Jun Yu; Alfred Sze-Lok Cheng; Grace Lai-Hung Wong; Hoi-Yun
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Increased interleukinβ6 (ILβ6) production is implicated in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in animal models. Although previous studies showed that HCC patients had higher serum ILβ6 level at the time of diagnosis, it is unclear if the cytokine contributes to the devel