Increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma with TIPS for cirrhosis?
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major cause of death in patients with cirrhosis, but risk factors for its development have not been fully defined. It has been suggested that the TIPS procedure might contribute to development of HCC because it results in physical effects similar to those resulting from surgical shunting, a procedure that has been associated with HCC in some studies. This retrospective study of two groups of patients (with and without bare-stent TIPS) assessed the relative risk of HCC development.
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