Surveillance of hepatocellular cancer-why can't we do better?

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Editorial

Linda L Wong. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;8(6):662-663.

doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2019.07.20.

¹ Department of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: LL Wong is a speaker for Eisai.

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