When patients with MASLD have major metabolic improvement on modern anti-obesity/antidiabetic therapies, how do you interpret changes in NITs over time—do you re-stage prognosis based on updated values, and what magnitude/duration of change is sufficient to de-escalate or escalate liver- specific surveillance?
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For MASLD patients receiving HCC surveillance for NIT-defined F3 fibrosis, what would let you stop surveillance after major metabolic improvement on anti-obesity/antidiabetic therapy?
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I would restage (MRE, VCTE) annually, and only after a confirmed decrease into the F2 category on two or three sequential tests would I de-escalate screening (under abundance of caution). VCTE only measures that one focus, and since FL can be patchy, it may underestimate. mRE is average so I look at...
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