A new approach to the use of α-fetoprotein as surveillance test for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis.

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Published in Br J Cancer on October 14, 2014

Authors

M Biselli1, F Conti1, A Gramenzi1, M Frigerio1, A Cucchetti1, G Fatti1, M D'Angelo1, M Dall'Agata1, E G Giannini2, F Farinati3, F Ciccarese4, P Andreone1, M Bernardi1, F Trevisani1

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
2: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Unità di Gastroenterologia, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy.
3: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche, Unità di Gastroenterologia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.
4: Divisione di Chirurgia, Policlinico San Marco, Zingonia, Italy.

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