Hepatocellular carcinoma development in diabetic patients: a nationwide survey in Japan.
Ryosuke TateishiTakeshi MatsumuraTakeshi OkanoueToshihide ShimaKoji UchinoNaoto FujiwaraTakafumi SenokuchiKazuyoshi KonTakayoshi SasakoMakiko TaniaiTakumi KawaguchiHiroshi InoueHirotaka WatadaNaoto KubotaHitoshi ShimanoShuichi KanekoEtsuko HashimotoSumio WatanabeGoshi ShiotaKohjiro UekiKosuke KashiwabaraYutaka MatsuyamaHideo TanakaMasato KasugaEiichi ArakiKazuhiko Koikenull nullPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology (2021)
A simple calculation of the FIB-4 index in diabetes clinics can be the first step toward surveillance of HCC with a non-viral etiology.