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. 2020 Jul 23;21(15):5232. doi: 10.3390/ijms21155232
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
BCLC Barcelona-Clínic Liver Cancer
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
EpCAM Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
AFP Alpha-fetoprotein
WNT Wingless-related integration site
CNV Copy number variation
HBV Hepatitis B Virus
HCV Hepatitis C Virus
NAFLD Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
OS Median overall survival
RFA Radiofrequency Ablation
TACE Transarterial chemoembolization
MET Metabolic equivalent of task
RAF Rapidly Accelerated Fibrosarcoma
PDGFR Platelet-derived growth factor
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
RET Rearranged during transfection
AST Aspartate aminotransferase
ALT Alanine transaminase
FMS Fibromyalgia syndrome
GAS6 Growth arrest-specific 6
PFS Progression-free survival
HR Hazard ratio
CI Confidence interval
ORR Overall response rate
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas
KMT2D Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2D
CREBBP cAMP response element-binding protein
PI3K Phosphatidylinasitol-3-kinase
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog
NFE2L2 Nuclear factor-like 2
FGF Fibroblast growth factors
TACE Transcatheter arterial chemoembolism
HGF Hepatic growth factor
CDKN2A Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 2A
TP53 Tumor Protein 53
MLL4 Mixed Lineage Leukemia 4
ARID1A AT-Rich Interaction Domain 1A
ARID2 AT-Rich Interaction Domain 2
TERT Telomerase reverse transcriptase
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor