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The role of imaging in the surveillance and diagnosis of hepatocellular cancer
Author(s) -
Dulku Gurjeet,
Dhillon Ravinder,
Goodwin Mark,
Cheng Wendy,
Kontorinis Nick,
Mendelson Richard
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/1754-9485.12568
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular cancer , medical physics , flow chart , cancer , chart , intensive care medicine , statistics , mathematics , engineering drawing , engineering
Summary A decision support tool has been developed as part of a suite of on‐line evidence‐based and consensus‐based guidelines Diagnostic imaging Pathways ( DIP ): www.imagingpathways.health.wa.gov.au ) in the form of an algorithmic flow chart with supporting evidence and consensus to inform referrers to diagnostic imaging and radiologists as to the optimum strategy for surveillance and diagnosis of primary hepatocellular cancer ( HCC ) in those patients with risk factors of this disease. A literature review, including reference to several international consensus‐based expert guidelines, has been employed to develop this tool.