Author:
Patel Nayna,Lim Adrian K. P.,Blomley Martin J. K.,Sidhu Paul,Taylor-Robinson Simon D.
Abstract
The increasing incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is becoming a considerable problem in the UK and worldwide. Although there is no national surveillance programme, increasing evidence shows that surveillance programmes may be beneficial and potentially cost-effective. Small, non-symptomatic HCCs that could be detected on regular ultrasound screening are amenable to treatment, including liver transplantation, surgical resection and radio frequency ablation with good 5-year survival rates. However, large tumours, greater than 5 cm, have a poor prognosis and treatment is only palliative. Therefore, the identification of small lesions through a formalized liver ultrasound surveillance programme together with serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) may be useful.
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
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