Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Italian Patients with Cirrhosis
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 5 September 1991Open access
Massimo Colombo, Roberto de Franchis, E. Del Ninno, Angelo Sangiovanni, Cristina De Fazio, Maurizio Tommasini
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In the West, as in Asia, patients with cirrhosis of the liver are at substantial risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, with a yearly incidence rate of 3 percent, and the screening program did not appreciably increase the rate of detection of potentially curable tumors.
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In the West, as in Asia, patients with cirrhosis of the liver are at substantial risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, with a yearly incidence rate of 3 percent. Our screening program did not appreciably increase the rate of detection of potentially curable tumors.
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