Risk factors and prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma in the era of precision medicine

N Fujiwara, SL Friedman, N Goossens, Y Hoshida - Journal of hepatology, 2018 - Elsevier
Patients who develop chronic fibrotic liver disease, caused by viral or metabolic aetiologies,
are at a high risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Even after complete HCC …

Quantitative elastography methods in liver disease: current evidence and future directions

P Kennedy, M Wagner, L Castéra, CW Hong… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Chronic liver diseases often result in the development of liver fibrosis and ultimately,
cirrhosis. Treatment strategies and prognosis differ greatly depending on the severity of liver …

Liver fibrosis assessment: MR and US elastography

A Ozturk, MC Olson, AE Samir, SK Venkatesh - Abdominal Radiology, 2022 - Springer
Elastography has emerged as a preferred non-invasive imaging technique for the clinical
assessment of liver fibrosis. Elastography methods provide liver stiffness measurement …

[HTML][HTML] Noninvasive imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma: From diagnosis to prognosis

HY Jiang, J Chen, CC Xia, LK Cao… - World journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and a major
public health problem worldwide. Hepatocarcinogenesis is a complex multistep process at …

MR elastography of liver: current status and future perspectives

IS Idilman, J Li, M Yin, SK Venkatesh - Abdominal Radiology, 2020 - Springer
Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis has evolved over the last couple of decades.
Currently, elastography techniques are the most widely used non-invasive methods for …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) in cancer: Technique, analysis, and applications

KM Pepin, RL Ehman, KP McGee - Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tissue mechanical properties are significantly altered with the development of cancer.
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a noninvasive technique capable of quantifying …

Magnetic resonance elastography of the liver: everything you need to know to get started

KM Pepin, CL Welle, FF Guglielmo, JR Dillman… - Abdominal …, 2022 - Springer
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) of the liver has emerged as the non-invasive
standard for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases (CLDs). The utility of …

Natural history of cirrhosis

SK Asrani, PS Kamath - Current gastroenterology reports, 2013 - Springer
Significant strides have been made in the last few years in advancing our knowledge of the
natural history of cirrhosis. These include (1) a better understanding of prognosis in …

Liver stiffness measured by MR elastography is a predictor of early HCC recurrence after treatment

HJ Cho, B Kim, HJ Kim, J Huh, JK Kim, JH Lee… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a non-invasive tool for measuring
liver stiffness (LS) with high diagnostic accuracy. This study investigated whether quantified …

Liver fibrosis quantification by magnetic resonance imaging

L Petitclerc, G Gilbert, BN Nguyen… - Topics in Magnetic …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Liver fibrosis is a hallmark of chronic liver disease characterized by the excessive
accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins. Although liver biopsy is the reference standard …