%0 Journal Article
%T Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance: an open question
%A Andrea Neri
%A Francesca Garuti
%A Maurizio Biselli
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2019
%X We were very interested to read the study recently published in Gastroenterology by Moon et al. (1). Performed as a case-control study within the US Veterans Affairs health care system, the study aimed to assess the association between screening for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cancer related-mortality in patients with cirrhosis. The authors did not find any evidence that screening patients with cirrhosis by abdominal ultrasound (US) or alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels decreases HCC-related mortality
%U http://hbsn.amegroups.com/article/view/24383/24839