Does outcome of intra-abdominal infection in pigs depend more on host responses than on microbiology?
The quantification of local events within the abdomen is of only limited predictive value compared with the extent of the physiological alterations.
Frequency of TERT promoter mutations rapidly increases during the different steps of the transformation of premalignant lesions into HCC on cirrhosis. Consequently, somatic TERT promoter mutation is a new biomarker predictive of transformation of premalignant lesions into HCC.