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. 2021 May;160(6):2162-2164.e3.
doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.01.007. Epub 2021 Jan 9.

Changes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance and Risk Factors for Noncompletion in the Veterans Health Administration Cohort During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Nadim Mahmud  1 , David E Kaplan  2 , David S Goldberg  3 , Tamar H Taddei  4 , Marina Serper  5
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Changes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance and Risk Factors for Noncompletion in the Veterans Health Administration Cohort During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Nadim Mahmud et al. Gastroenterology. 2021 May.
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Changes in HCC imaging surveillance studies in the VHA during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. (A) Changes in weekly volumes of HCC surveillance studies in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, there was a significant decline in surveillance imaging from weeks 10–15 (early COVID-19 period) and a gradual increase in the later COVID-19 period (weeks 15 onward). (B) Proportion of HCC surveillance studies completed by month due in both 2019 and 2020. Calculations incorporate a 1-month grace period for study completion. For example, if HCC surveillance was due in June, it was considered to be completed if performed in July. Each comparison of proportions between 2020 and 2019 was statistically significant at the P < .0001 level. (C) Changes in weekly volume of HCC surveillance studies as stratified by imaging modality in 2020. (D) Changes in weekly volume of HCC surveillance studies as stratified by outpatient vs inpatient imaging location. (E) State-level changes in the proportion of completed HCC surveillance studies during the pandemic months in 2020.
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