2023
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis and Management in 2021: A National Veterans Affairs Quality Improvement Project
Rogal S, Taddei T, Monto A, Yakovchenko V, Patton H, Merante M, Spoutz P, Chia L, Yudkevich J, Aytaman A, Rabiee A, John B, Blechacz B, Cai C, Gilles H, Shah A, McCurdy H, Puri P, Jou J, Mazhar K, Dominitz J, Anwar J, Morgan T, Ioannou G. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis and Management in 2021: A National Veterans Affairs Quality Improvement Project. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2023, 22: 324-338. PMID: 37460005, PMCID: PMC10788380, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGood performance statusCurative treatmentHCC screeningHCC diagnosisPerformance statusEarly-stage diagnosisMedical record extractionAdvanced liver diseaseReceipt of treatmentStage diagnosisPreventative health care servicesHepatocellular carcinoma stageVA primary careQuality improvement projectHealth care servicesHepatocellular carcinoma diagnosisElectronic health recordsCirrhosis careNoncurative treatmentLiver diseaseCancer screeningPrimary careMultivariable modelCarcinoma stageNew diagnosis
2008
Pseudocirrhosis in a pancreatic cancer patient with liver metastases: A case report of complete resolution of pseudocirrhosis with an early recognition and management
Kang SP, Taddei T, McLennan B, Lacy J. Pseudocirrhosis in a pancreatic cancer patient with liver metastases: A case report of complete resolution of pseudocirrhosis with an early recognition and management. World Journal Of Gastroenterology 2008, 14: 1622-1624. PMID: 18330959, PMCID: PMC2693763, DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.1622.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsPancreatic cancer patientsLiver metastasesComplete resolutionCancer patientsEarly recognitionPancreatic cancerCarcinoembryonic antigenBilateral ankle edemaExtensive liver metastasesCycles of therapyProgressive weight gainMetastatic pancreatic cancerCongestive heart diseaseComputed tomography scanAppearance of cirrhosisNear complete recoveryAggressive diuresisAlbumin infusionSystemic chemotherapyAnkle edemaPerformance statusSegmental atrophyAsymptomatic womenCapsular retractionVenous thrombosis