Challenges associated with the roll-out of HCC surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa - the case of Uganda

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda.
³ Department of Radiology, Nsambya Hospital, Kampala, Uganda; Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Gulu, Uganda.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Lira University Faculty of Health, Lira, Uganda.
⁷ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: thomas.vanwolleghem@uza.be.

Comment

Stijn Van Hees et al. J Hepatol. 2020 Nov.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.05.045. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda.
³ Department of Radiology, Nsambya Hospital, Kampala, Uganda; Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Gulu, Uganda.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Lira University Faculty of Health, Lira, Uganda.
⁷ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: thomas.vanwolleghem@uza.be.

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Reply to: "Challenges associated with the roll-out of HCC surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa - the case of Uganda".
Singal AG, Lampertico P, Nahon P. Singal AG, et al. J Hepatol. 2020 Nov;73(5):1273-1274. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.07.003. Epub 2020 Aug 13. J Hepatol. 2020. PMID: 32800586 No abstract available.

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