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Cirrhosis patients with small "nodules" in their livers are 25 times more likely to develop cancer than those without nodules, a study conducted at UNC Hospitals has concluded.
These findings have great implications for the treatment of patients with cirrhosis who are candidates for liver transplantation, said Dr. Mark W. Russo, corresponding author of the study, which is published in the March issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
People with cirrhosis who are liver transplant candidates move up on the transplant priority list if they meet certain criteria for hepatocellular carcinomas, or cancerous liver tumors, said Russo, an assistant professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine's Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Essentially, if their nodules
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