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Author(s) -
King,
Jeffrey R. MacDonald,
Tal-Kremer,
Narla,
Chattopadhyay,
Banck,
Friedman,
Reeves
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.488
H-Index - 361
eISSN - 1527-3350
pISSN - 0270-9139
DOI - 10.1002/hep.20924
Subject(s) - citation , library science , computer science , information retrieval , world wide web , medicine
BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide with the major risk factor being liver cirrhosis. Survival for patients who presents with symptomatic HCC is poor. We report our experience with HCC screening in chronic hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis in conjunction with our National Hepatitis B Screening programme, and to determine whether screening in these patients improve survival. METHODS: All patients referred for management of HCC have been followed by New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit, including all cases detected through the national hepatitis B screening programme (since 1999) …link_to_OA_fulltex