Comprehensive multi-omics analysis identifies cancer subtypes and prognostic signatures of hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

Rui Wang, Bo Ren, Xijie Zhang, Bo Liu, Wence Zhou · 2026

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Rui Wang and co-authors used multi-omics data to classify liver cancer linked to hepatitis B in a 2026 study. This cancer varies widely between patients and often has a poor outlook. Finer grouping could point to better treatment choices.

Working from a large cancer atlas cohort, they found two subtypes. One had a better outlook and an immune rich tumor setting, while the other looked more aggressive with a quiet immune setting. They built a machine learning risk score from many model combinations, and it beat ten earlier scores. A drug search flagged a compound that killed high risk cancer cells in lab tests and shrank tumors in mice. They also report a gene that may suppress tumors through a known growth pathway.

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CREATORRui Wang, Bo Ren, Xijie Zhang, Bo Liu, Wence Zhou
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE59 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13272674

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