What non-variceal EGD findings, if any, deter you from using atezo/bev in patients with advanced HCC?  

I would discuss the severity and risk of bleeding with the endoscopy team and start beta blockers as indicated before starting anti-angiogenesis therapy.

Additional non-variceal EGD findings would deter me from using atezo/bev in patients with advanced HCC. These include the presence of active or recent gastrointestinal bleeding (e.g. from ulcers or erosions of the upper GI tracts), severe gastroduodenal ulceration (even in the absence of bleeding) o...

given the severity of the presence of the esophageal varices with or without bleeding, My efforts in trying to stop them from bleeding or prevent them from bleeding is most important. I tend to use Banding as I go in such cases with Or without injection therapy ,to be doubly sure that the bleeding w...