After further studies and intensive follow up, there were 16 confirmed HCC cases within 1 year after screening. As shown in Table 1, the PPV of AFP was 38.9%, which was much higher than the ...
Therefore, to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of screening for sHCC smaller than 3.0cm through imaging methods ... The search terms were “small hepatocellular carcinoma”, “diagnosis”, “ultrasound ...
In this community-based HCC screening on an aged population in an HCV-endemic township, we found that platelet count and AFP could be feasible markers for high-risk patient identification and ...
Another limitation of the present study pertains to the diagnostic methodology employed for NAFLD. Upper abdominal ultrasound was utilized, recognized as a primary screening tool for detecting ...
There is no national screening programme for melanoma skin cancer in the UK. This is because research hasn’t been able to find out if the benefits of screening outweigh the risks. The best way to pick ...
Elevated levels of deoxycholic acid can provoke senescence-associated secretory phenotype in hepatic stellate cells through enterohepatic circulation, which in turn leads to the secretion of various ...