Primary liver cancer risk and mortality in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis in England and Denmark: observational cohort studies.
Morten Daniel JensenProf Joe WestColin J CrooksJoanne R MorlingFrederik KraglundTimothy R CardGro AskgaardProf Peter JepsenPublished in: The American journal of gastroenterology (2024)
The risk of primary liver cancer was the same in English and Danish patients with ALD cirrhosis, and HCCs constituted 97% of primary liver cancers. Mortality with primary liver cancer was equally high in both countries. Notably, in England, where guidance recommends biannual HCC surveillance with ultrasound, patients with ALD cirrhosis were undergoing fewer than 1 ultrasound scan per year.