Hepatic and Extrahepatic Cancer in Cirrhosis: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Kenneth Berman,Sweta Tandra,Raj Vuppalanch,Marwan Ghabril,Kumaresan Sandrasegaran,James Nguyen,Helena Caffrey,Suthat Liangpunsakul,Lawrence Lumeng,Paul Y. Kwo,Naga Chalasani

Hepatic and Extrahepatic Cancer in Cirrhosis: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

2011

Kenneth Berman
Sweta Tandra
Raj Vuppalanch
Marwan Ghabril
Kumaresan Sandrasegaran
James Nguyen
Helena Caffrey
Suthat Liangpunsakul
Lawrence Lumeng
Paul Y. Kwo
Naga Chalasani

OBJECTIVES:We conducted a retrospective cohort study in cirrhotic patients to understand (i) the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after an initial negative screening computed tomography (CT) scan and its relationship with underlying etiology and (ii) the risk of extrahepatic cancers

Keywords:

Cancer registry
Cancer
Cirrhosis
Liver cancer
Gastroenterology
Retrospective cohort study
Cohort study
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Internal medicine
Medicine
Standardized mortality ratio
Etiology
Diabetes mellitus

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