Clinical characteristics of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Austria – Is there a need for a structured screening program?
F Hucke, W Sieghart, M Schöniger-Hekele, M Peck-Radosavljevic, C Müller · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2011 · Heft 05
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Background: The primary aim of this study was to investigate differences in clinical presentation of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at the time of diagnosis, before and after the publication of the European Association for the study of the Liver (EASL) guidelines of HCC management and screening. Methods: Between 1991 and 2009 907 patients were diagnosed with HCC at our department of which 850 were included in this study. Data regarding demography, liver function and tumor stage at the time of diagnosis were retrospectively collected. The publication of the EASL guidelines in 2001 served as the cuto…