Semiannual and Annual Surveillance of Cirrhotic Patients for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Effects on Cancer Stage and Patient Survival (Italian Experience)

Semiannual and annual surveillance equally improve the survival of cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and greatly increase the amenability rate to liver transplantation. When access to liver transplantation is limited, this benefit is restricted to patients with a good cirrhosis-related prognosis.