Effect of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance Programmes on Overall Survival in a Mixed Cirrhotic UK Population: A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study.
Mohammad Inamul HaqThomas M DrakeTee Lin GohAsma AhmedEwan ForrestStephen BarclayRuth GillespieMathew PriestJeff EvansJanet GrahamStuart BallantyneDonald C McMillanPeter C HayesThomas G BirdAdrian J StanleyPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
When adjusted for lead-time bias, HCC surveillance is associated with improved overall survival; however, the beneficial effect of surveillance on survival was lower than reported in studies that did not account fully for lead-time bias.