Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients cured of chronic hepatitis C: Minimal steatosis.
Chiara RochaErin H DoyleChip A BowmanM-Isabel FielAshley E StueckNicolas GoossensKian BichoupanJames F CrismaleJasnit MakkarSara LewisPonni V PerumalswamiThomas D SchianoYujin HoshidaMyron SchwartzAndrea D BranchNeal PatelPublished in: Cancer medicine (2023)
One-third of patients with post-SVR HCC did not have liver cirrhosis; most had no steatosis/steatohepatitis. Hepatocellular carcinomas were more advanced in noncirrhotic patients. Results support AFP as a promising marker of post-SVR HCC risk.