HCC surveillance improves early detection, curative treatment receipt, and survival in patients with cirrhosis: a meta-analysis

AG Singal, E Zhang, M Narasimman, NE Rich… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims There is controversy regarding the overall value of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) surveillance in patients with cirrhosis given the lack of data from …

Epidemiology and surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma: New trends

AG Singal, P Lampertico, P Nahon - Journal of hepatology, 2020 - Elsevier
The burden of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is highest in East Asia and Africa, although
its incidence and mortality are rapidly rising in the United States and Europe. With the …

Surveillance imaging and alpha fetoprotein for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: a meta-analysis

K Tzartzeva, J Obi, NE Rich, ND Parikh, JA Marrero… - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Society guidelines differ in their recommendations for surveillance to
detect early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis. We compared …

Blood-based biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma screening: Approaching the end of the ultrasound era?

ND Parikh, N Tayob, AG Singal - Journal of hepatology, 2023 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, in
part because of inadequate early detection strategies. Current recommendations for …

Screening for lung cancer: CHEST guideline and expert panel report

PJ Mazzone, GA Silvestri, S Patel, JP Kanne… - Chest, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in
the United States in the past few years, in large part due to the results of the National Lung …

Anticipated regret and health behavior: A meta-analysis.

NT Brewer, JT DeFrank, MB Gilkey - Health Psychology, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Risk beliefs are central to most theories of health behavior, yet many unanswered
questions remain about an increasingly studied risk construct, anticipated regret. The …

Quaternary prevention: reviewing the concept: Quaternary prevention aims to protect patients from medical harm

C Martins, M Godycki-Cwirko, B Heleno… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background: According to the Wonca International Dictionary for General/Family
Practice Quaternary Prevention is defined as:'Action taken to identify patient at risk of …

Evaluating shared decision making for lung cancer screening

AT Brenner, TL Malo, M Margolis, JE Lafata… - JAMA internal …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that shared decision
making (SDM) involving a thorough discussion of benefits and harms should occur between …

The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition

SM Carter, W Rogers, I Heath, C Degeling, J Doust… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition Page 1 The challenge of overdiagnosis
begins with its definition Overdiagnosis means different things to different people. SM Carter and …

An official American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians policy statement: implementation of low-dose computed tomography lung cancer …

RS Wiener, MK Gould, DA Arenberg, DH Au… - American journal of …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Annual low-radiation-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for lung
cancer has been shown to reduce lung cancer mortality among high-risk individuals and is …