Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Patients

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1012-1014

  Miller, Janet C ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Chung, Raymond T ^a   Thrall, James H ^a   Lee, Susanna I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 49849092759     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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