title: Is a liver biopsy necessary? Investigation of a suspected hepatocellular carcinoma: a pictorial essay of hepatocellular carcinoma and the revised American Association for the Study of Liver Disease criteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Rashin F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Rastegar
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lum
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Jo-Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soulez
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures