Endoscopic Ultrasound and Fine-needle Aspiration for the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-332

  Maheshwari, Anurag ^a   Kantsevoy, Sergey ^a   Jagannath, Sanjay ^a   Thuluvath, Paul J ^a  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Hepatocellular cancer; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

ALCOHOLISM; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953055678     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2010.03.014     Document Type: Review

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