Standardized screening and early imaging diagnosis strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract

Standardized hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening is very important for early diagnosis. Chinese and international HCC clinical guidelines recommend regular ultrasound screening for high-risk patients. Noninvasive dynamic enhanced imaging technology should be selected for the positive screenin population to get the further diagnosis, including contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), dynamic contrast-enhanced CT, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced MRI (EOB MRI). In clinical practice, early diagnose of HCC relies on accurate identification and stratification of high-risk patients, and systematic approach based on dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging.