Did AFP-L3 save ultrasonography in community screening?

In the community screening, those subjects with elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) required further abdomen ultrasonography (US) to detect hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, some chronic hepatitis patients might have elevated AFP. AFP-L3, has been proposed to differentiate HCC and hepatiti...

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Main Authors: Chih-Wei Yen, Yuan-Hung Kuo, Jing-Houng Wang, Kuo-Chin Chang, Kwong-Ming Kee, Shu-Feng Hung, Yi Chen, Lin-San Tsai, Shu-Chuan Chen, Chao-Hung Hung, Sheng-Nan Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-10-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X18301232

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