Clinical and DCE-CT signs in predicting microvascular invasion in cHCC-ICC
Zhong-Jian Liao, Lun Lu, Yi-Ping Liu, Geng-geng Qin, Cun-geng Fan, Yan-Ping Liu, Ning-yang Jia, Ling Zhang · 2023
Read Clinical and DCE-CT signs in predicting microvascular invasion in cHCC-ICC by Zhong-Jian Liao, Lun Lu, Yi-Ping Liu, Geng-geng Qin, Cun-geng Fan, Yan-Ping Liu, Ning-yang Jia, Ling Zhang (2023) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-10655417.txt.
Description
Zhong-Jian Liao and co-authors look, in a 2023 study, for scan and clinical signs that predict tiny vessel invasion in a mixed liver cancer. The cancer combines two types in one tumor. Microscopic invasion into small vessels, found only after surgery, worsens the outlook and should shape treatment before it.
The team reviewed 119 patients who had contrast CT scans across a long enrollment window. Patients were split by whether invasion was present. The invasion group more often showed a raised tumor marker, CEA, and a bright rim of enhancement around the tumor in the arterial phase. The clean group more often had oval, lobulated masses. Combining three signs, raised marker, capsular retraction, and that rim, sharpened prediction. In a series connection the combined test reached about 71 percent specificity. A preoperative flag for hidden invasion could push surgeons toward wider margins or closer follow up.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhong-Jian Liao, Lun Lu, Yi-Ping Liu, Geng-geng Qin, Cun-geng Fan, Yan-Ping Liu, Ning-yang Jia, Ling Zhang |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |