Patients With Cirrhosis to be Screened for Liver Cancer

Patients with cirrhosis who underwent surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma had cancers detected at an earlier stage, found in a systematic review and meta-analysis of 47 studies with 15,158 patients, by Amit Singal (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center) and colleagues. The surveillance was done via liver ultrasound with or without measurement of serum alpha fetoprotein. The early detection made it possible for the patients to receive curative instead of palliative ...