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Omair Atiq¹, Jasmin Tiro^{2

3}, Adam C Yopp⁴, Adam Muffler¹, Jorge A Marrero¹, Neehar D Parikh⁵, Caitlin Murphy³, Katharine McCallister³, Amit G Singal^{1

2

3}

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health Hospital System, Dallas, TX.
² Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
³ Department of Clinical Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
⁴ Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Omair Atiq et al. Hepatology. 2017 Sep.

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. 2017 Sep;66(3):1002-1003.

doi: 10.1002/hep.29286. Epub 2017 Jul 31.

Omair Atiq¹, Jasmin Tiro^{2

3}, Adam C Yopp⁴, Adam Muffler¹, Jorge A Marrero¹, Neehar D Parikh⁵, Caitlin Murphy³, Katharine McCallister³, Amit G Singal^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health Hospital System, Dallas, TX.
² Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
³ Department of Clinical Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
⁴ Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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An assessment of benefits and harms of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in patients with cirrhosis.
Atiq O, Tiro J, Yopp AC, Muffler A, Marrero JA, Parikh ND, Murphy C, McCallister K, Singal AG. Atiq O, et al. Hepatology. 2017 Apr;65(4):1196-1205. doi: 10.1002/hep.28895. Epub 2016 Dec 19. Hepatology. 2017. PMID: 27775821 Free PMC article.
Unscheduled screening tests cannot be termed as surveillance.
Xu XJ, Wang HZ, Bie P. Xu XJ, et al. Hepatology. 2017 Sep;66(3):1001-1002. doi: 10.1002/hep.29287. Epub 2017 Jul 27. Hepatology. 2017. PMID: 28543365 No abstract available.
Emphasis on harms of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance: Just pretending innocence after taking advantage?
Wang Z, Han J, Zhang H, Wu MC, Yang T. Wang Z, et al. Hepatology. 2017 Sep;66(3):1000-1001. doi: 10.1002/hep.29288. Epub 2017 Jul 27. Hepatology. 2017. PMID: 28543435 No abstract available.