Should a radiological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma be routinely confirmed by a biopsy? Yes

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-36

  Parisi, Giancarlo ^a,b  

^a S Maria del Prato Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver biopsy; Radiological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

SORAFENIB;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 83555174715     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.10.015     Document Type: Note

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