Imaging for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lewis Rowland RobertsClaude B SirlinFeras ZaiemJehad AlmasriLarry J ProkopJulie K HeimbachM Hassan MuradKhaled Mohammed

Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2017)

CT, extracellular contrast-enhanced MRI, or gadoxetate-enhanced MRI could not be definitively preferred for HCC diagnosis in patients with cirrhosis; in patients with cirrhosis and an indeterminate mass, there were insufficient data comparing biopsy to repeat cross-sectional imaging or alternative imaging. (Hepatology 2018;67:401-421).

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