Effectiveness and complications of ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration for primary liver cancer in a Chinese population with serum α-fetoprotein levels ≤200 ng/ml--a study based on 4,312 patients.

Effectiveness and complications of ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration for primary liver cancer in a Chinese population with serum α-fetoprotein levels ≤200 ng/ml--a study based on 4,312 patients.

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be diagnosed by noninvasive approaches with serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) levels >200 ng/ml and/or a radiological imaging study of tumor mass >2 cm in patients with chronic liver disease. Percutaneous fine needle aspiration (FNA) under ultrasound (US)...

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Main Authors: Qi-wen Chen, Chien-shan Cheng, Hao Chen, Zhou-yu Ning, Shi-feng Tang, Xun Zhang, Xiao-yan Zhu, Sonya Vargulick, Ye-hua Shen, Yong-qiang Hua, Jing Xie, Wei-dong Shi, Hui-feng Gao, Li-tao Xu, Lan-yun Feng, Jun-hua Lin, Zhen Chen, Lu-ming Liu, Bo Ping, Zhi-qiang Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4149350?pdf=render

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