title: Hepatocellular carcinoma: patients with increasing alpha-fetoprotein but no mass on ultrasound.
authors.affiliation: Barcelona-Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit, Digestive Disease Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Josep.Llovet@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Llovet
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014463:Ultrasonography; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins