Should a radiological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma be routinely confirmed by a biopsy? NO

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-39

  Heuman, Douglas M ^a   Gilles, Hochong S ^a   Solomon, Cynthia ^a   Bajaj, Jasmohan S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PAIN; LUNG INJURY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PLEURA DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 83555166014     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.09.014     Document Type: Note

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