Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Current Best Practice and Future Direction

• Published in: Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) Vol. 157; no. 1; pp. 54 - 64
• Main Authors: Kanwal, Fasiha, Singal, Amit G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2019
• Subjects: alpha-Fetoproteins - metabolism; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnosis; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - epidemiology; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - metabolism; Early Detection of Cancer - methods; Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology; Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis; Liver Neoplasms - epidemiology; Liver Neoplasms - metabolism; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Plant Lectins; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Risk Assessment; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonography; CT; NAFLD; AFP-L3; OR; LI-RADS; MRI; CI; HCC; HCV; AFP; VA; HBV

Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide and the fastest growing cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The overall prognosis of HCC remains dismal, except for the subset of patients who are diagnosed at early stage and receive potentially cura...