Socioeconomic disparities in access to a hepatocellular carcinoma screening program in Brazil

OBJECTIVES: Cirrhotic patients must receive an abdominal ultrasound every 6 months as part of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening. The aim of this study was to assess if HCC screening was performed as recommended by the literature and to observe the differences between the private and public se...

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Main Authors: Izabelle Venturini Signorelli, Patrícia Lofêgo Gonçalves, Luciana Lofêgo Gonçalves, Luiz Sérgio Emery Ferreira, Ana Tereza Parpaiola Mendonça, Gustavo Leite Franklin, Maria da Penha Zago Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322016000700361&lng=en&tlng=en