Open AccessPreoperative Assessment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tumor Grade Using Needle Biopsy
Author(s) -
Timothy M. Pawlik,
Ana Gleisner,
Robert A. Anders,
Lia Assumpção,
Warren R. Maley,
Michael A. Choti
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000250420.73854.ad
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , biopsy , carcinoma , radiology , liver biopsy , general surgery
To examine the diagnostic agreement of preoperative needle core biopsy (NCB) grading of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared with the final surgical pathologic tumor grade.