title: The role of imaging in the surveillance and diagnosis of hepatocellular cancer.
abstract: A decision support tool has been developed as part of a suite of on-line evidence-based and consensus-based guidelines Diagnostic imaging Pathways (DIP): www.imagingpathways.health.wa.gov.au) in the form of an algorithmic flow chart with supporting evidence and consensus to inform referrers to diagnostic imaging and radiologists as to the optimum strategy for surveillance and diagnosis of primary hepatocellular cancer (HCC) in those patients with risk factors of this disease. A literature review, including reference to several international consensus-based expert guidelines, has been employed to develop this tool.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Gurjeet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dulku
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Ravinder
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhillon
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kontorinis
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mendelson
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
keywords: 
  MRI
  ; PET/CT; diagnosis and surveillance; hepatocellular carcinoma; ultrasound