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SUBMITTER: Hu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5684346 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu HangTong H Zheng Qiao Q Huang Yang Y Huang Xiao Wen XW Lai Zhi Cheng ZC Liu JingYa J Xie XiaoYan X Feng Shi Ting ST Wang Wei W Lu Ming De M
Scientific reports 20171113 1
Microvascular invasion (MVI) is rarely diagnosed preoperatively in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this meta-analysis is to assess the diagnostic power of a non-smooth tumor margin on preoperative imaging for MVI. We performed a literature search using the PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library databases, and 11 studies were included involving 618 MVI-positive cases and 1030 MVI-negative cases. Considerable heterogeneity was found, and was indicated to be attributable to the mean patient ...[more]