Portal hypertension in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and immunotherapy: prognostic relevance of CT-morphologic estimates.

Lukas MüllerSimon J GairingFriedrich FoersterArndt WeinmannJens MittlerFabian StoehrDirk GraafenChristoph DüberPeter R GalleRoman KloecknerFelix Hahn

Published in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2023)

Non-invasive assessment of CSPH using routine CT data yielded an independent prognostic factor in patients with HCC and immunotherapy. Therefore, it might function as an additional imaging biomarker to detect high-risk patients with poor survival and possibly for treatment decision making.

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