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Gastrointestinal Cancers • Medical Oncology • Hepatocellular Carcinoma • Gastroenterology • Hepatology
Which patients, if any, do you revert back to ultrasound screening for HCC after prior diagnosis/definitive treatment of HCC?
What imaging modality do you prefer after 5 years of a patient remaining NED?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
I don't revert back to U/S for these patients ever. It's not dissimilar from colorectal cancer screening - once you have colon cancer, it's not appropriate to use iFOBT or stool DNA screening anymore - it's lifelong colonoscopy screening. Likewise, for HCC, I continue to use AFP plus cross-sectional...
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