Hypovascular tumors developed into hepatocellular carcinoma at a high rate despite the elimination of hepatitis C virus by direct-acting antivirals.
Kazuaki TabuSeiichi MawatariKohei OdaKotaro KumagaiYukiko InadaHirofumi UtoAkiko SaisyojiYasunari HiramineMasafumi HashiguchiTsutomu TamaiTakeshi HoriKunio FujisakiDai ImanakaTakeshi KureOhki TaniyamaAi ToyodomeSho IjuinHaruka SakaeKazuhiro SakuraiAkihiro MoriuchiShuji KanmuraAkio IdoPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Hypovascular tumors developed into HCC at a high rate despite the elimination of HCV by DAAs. As patients with hypovascular tumors were shown to have a high risk of HCC development, they should undergo strict HCC surveillance.