Hepatocellular carcinoma screening practices in the department of veterans affairs: Findings from a national facility survey

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3117-3126

  El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b   Alsarraj, Abeer ^a,b   Richardson, Peter ^a,b   Davila, Jessica A ^a,b   Kramer, Jennifer R ^a,b   Durfee, Janet ^c   Kanwal, Fasiha ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatoma; Liver cancer; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERANS HEALTH;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DATA COLLECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84889591902     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-013-2794-7     Document Type: Article

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