Ultrasound screening for Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis: The evidence for an established clinical practice

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 713-716

  Bottelli, R ^a   Tibballs, J ^a   Hochhauser, D ^a   Watkinson, A ^a   Dick, R ^a   Burroughs, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031758479     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(98)80311-5     Document Type: Review

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