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Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma as an Entity With a High Rate of Surgical Cure

table 1. Diagnosis of Stage I Liver Tumors in 80 Patients


Method Performed* No. of Patients (%)


Detectable dagger Diagnosticdagger

 -Fetoprotein assay 80 49 (61) 14 (18)
Ultrasonography 80 79 (99) 52 (65)
CT 80 71 (89) 54 (68)
Angiography 80 55 (69) 52 (65)
Portographic CT 23 17 (74) 15 (65)
Arteriographic CT 12 10 (83) 7 (58)
Lipiodol-CT 10 5 (50) 5 (50)

* In all patients, the first four diagnostic methods were performed. In patients whose tumors did not meet the diagnostic criteria for HCC, one or more of the last three methods were performed.
dagger -Fetoprotein concentrations over 20 ng/mL were defined as detectable , and those over 200 ng/mL as diagnostic for HCC. Other definitions are described in Patients and Methods.

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