Regular surveillance by imaging for early detection and better prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients infected with hepatitis C virus

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Noda, Ikue ^a,b   Kitamoto, Mikiya ^a   Nakahara, Hideki ^a   Hayashi, Ryohei ^a   Okimoto, Tomoaki ^a   Monzen, Yoshio ^a   Yamada, Hiroyasu ^a   Imagawa, Masaru ^a   Hiraga, Nobuhiko ^b   Tanaka, Junko ^c   Chayama, Kazuaki ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curative procedures; Early detection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Surveillance; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949275800     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0131-x     Document Type: Article

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