Hepatocellular carcinomas, exhibiting intratumor fibrosis, express cancer-specific extracellular matrix remodeling and WNT/TGFB signatures, associated with poor outcome

Abstract

Matrisome analysis highlighted cancer-specific ECM deposits, typical of the WNT/TGFB HCC subclass, associated with poor patient outcomes. Hence, histologic reporting of intratumor fibrosis in HCC is of clinical relevance.