Change in Fibrosis 4 Index as Predictor of High Risk of Incident Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Eradication of Hepatitis C Virus.
Nobuharu TamakiMasayuki KurosakiYutaka YasuiNami MoriKeiji TsujiChitomi HasebeKoji JokoTakehiro AkahaneKoichiro FurutaHaruhiko KobashiHiroyuki KimuraHitoshi YagisawaHiroyuki MarusawaMasahiko KondoYuji KojimaHideo YoshidaYasushi UchidaRohit LoombaNamiki IzumiPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
The FIB-4 could be used to assess HCC development risk at any time after SVR, and changes in FIB-4 were associated with changes in the HCC development risk. Repeated assessments of FIB-4 could serve as a prognostic indicator of a high-risk HCC cohort that may require more intensive HCC surveillance strategy.