Open AccessA meta-analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for small hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis
Author(s) -
Helen Deng,
Hongwei Shi,
Lei Jianming,
Yan Hu,
Gang Li,
Chaojun Wang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.200756
Subject(s) - funnel plot , medicine , confidence interval , publication bias , diagnostic odds ratio , meta analysis , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , hepatocellular carcinoma , odds ratio , forest plot , receiver operating characteristic , random effects model , ultrasound , contrast enhanced ultrasound , radiology
To discuss the efficacy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by pooling the open published data.