Routine Staging Using Chest Computed Tomography in Workup of Treatment-Na ïve Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prior to Locoregional Therapy: Is There a Need?

CONCLUSION: The prevalence of pulmonary metastasis is low in HCC and our study does not support the routine use of staging chest CT in all treatment-naïve patients. It can, however, be considered in cases with multiple lesions or vascular invasion. PMID: 28821892 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - July 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Leong PW, Pua U, Lim KS Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research