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‹ Tue · 7 Jul 2026
Early cancer detection or prevention

Liquid biopsy-based multi-omics approach for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (ASCEND-Hep): a multiphase prospective development and validation study.

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the third leading cause of cancer deaths, urgently requires innovative early detection strategies. In high-risk individuals, the model demonstrated 92.9% (95% CI: 64.2%-99.6%) sensitivity, 90.6% (95% CI: 87.4%-93.1%) specificity, 24.1% (95% CI: 13.9%-37.9%) positive predictive value (PPV) and 99.7% (95% CI: 98.4%-100.0%) negative predictive value (NPV).

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the third leading cause of cancer deaths, urgently requires innovative early detection strategies. In high-risk individuals, the model demonstrated 92.9% (95% CI: 64.2%-99.6%) sensitivity, 90.6% (95% CI: 87.4%-93.1%) specificity, 24.1% (95% CI: 13.9%-37.9%) positive predictive value (PPV) and 99.7% (95% CI: 98.4%-100.0%) negative predictive value (NPV).

What the study was

Study design
Prospective study
Sample size
635
Category
Early Detection
Maturity
Validated
Journal
BMC medicine

Why it surfaced

Relevant Early cancer detection study (early cancer detection relevance) meets standard-priority threshold.

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