Hepatocellular carcinoma screening is associated with increased survival of patients with cirrhosis

DT Choi, HC Kum, S Park, RL Ohsfeldt, YU Shen… - Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening of patients with cirrhosis is
recommended by professional societies to increase detection of early stage tumors and …

Patient-, provider-, and system-level barriers to surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma in high-risk patients in the USA: a scoping review

EW Beal, M Owen, M McNamara… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Hepatocellular carcinoma has a dismal prognosis, except in patients diagnosed
early who are candidates for potentially curative therapies. Most HCC cases develop in …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer screening in refugees and immigrants: a global perspective

PF Walker, AM Settgast, MB DeSilva - The American Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clinicians in the United States are trained to screen for cancer based on patient age,
gender, family history, and environmental risk factors such as smoking. These cancers …

Practice patterns and attitudes of primary care providers and barriers to surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis

E Dalton-Fitzgerald, J Tiro, P Kandunoori… - Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Fewer than 20% of patients with cirrhosis undergo surveillance for
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), therefore these tumors often are detected at late stages …

Poor adherence to AASLD guidelines for chronic hepatitis B management and treatment in a large academic medical center

Y Wu, KB Johnson, G Roccaro, J Lopez… - Official journal of the …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Adherence to the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
(AASLD) guidelines for the management of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) has not been …

Suboptimal surveillance for and knowledge of hepatocellular carcinoma among primary care providers

CE McGowan, TP Edwards, MUT Luong… - Clinical Gastroenterology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & Aims A large proportion of patients with cirrhosis are seen only by their
primary care provider (PCP). Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) therefore …

Provider, patient, and practice factors shape hepatitis B prevention and management by primary care providers

NA Mukhtar, P Kathpalia, JF Hilton, G Lau… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Factors influencing adherence to recommended HBV screening and
management guidelines are poorly defined. Materials and Methods: Providers across …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha-fetoprotein detection of hepatocellular carcinoma leads to a standardized analysis of dynamic AFP to improve screening based detection

TG Bird, P Dimitropoulou, RM Turner, SJ Jenks… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through screening can improve outcomes.
However, HCC surveillance remains costly, cumbersome and suboptimal. We tested …

Effect of hospital safety net designation on treatment use and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma

AA Mokdad, CC Murphy, SL Pruitt, JC Mansour… - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Racial/ethnic minorities with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have worse
survival than non‐Hispanic whites. Comparing patient outcomes across health care delivery …

Hepatocellular carcinoma screening practices and impact on survival among hepatitis B‐infected Asian Americans

M Sarkar, S Stewart, A Yu, MS Chen… - Journal of viral …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Asians Americans have a high burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) associated hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). HCC screening practices in this population are unknown. We aimed to …