Extracellular vesicles small RNA clusters:hit the nail on the head of liver cancer detection

There is a very urgent need and clinical demand of robust biomarkers in cancer screening,especially in early hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)surveillance as outlined by various professional international associations as the European Association for the study of the Liver(EASL),or the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver(APASL)and national professional organisations as the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases(AASLD),besides others.Newest data on primarily HCC is still depicting this cancer entity as the sixth most frequently diagnosed cancer,with over 900,000 new cases and over 830,000 deaths worldwide(1).This type of cancer,therefore,remains at the forefront of malignant diseases.Thus,every element of patient management,including early diagnosis and prognosis of treatment response and survival,is a challenge.