METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF POST-OPERATIVE RECURRENCE IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

摘要

Provided are a method of diagnosing the recurrence or possibility of recurrence of hepa¬ tocellular carcinoma after hepatocellular carcinoma surgery and a method of screening a drug for preventing the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatocellular carcinoma surgery and treating hepatocellular carcinoma. Specifically, the recurrence or possibility of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatocellular carcinoma surgery is diagnosed and a drug for preventing the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery and treating hepatocellular carcinoma is screened, by measuring expression levels of a metastatic tumor antigen 1 or metastasis associated 1 (MTAl) protein in a biological sample taken from a patient in which hep¬ atocellular carcinoma recurs or is likely to recur after hepatocellular carcinoma surgery and comparing the measured expression levels of the MTAl protein with those of a normal control group.