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Liver fibrosis from viral hepatitis: advances in non-invasive diagnosis
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Department of General Surgery, Liver Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA
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CI 2023 2(1):16; https://doi.org/10.58567/ci02010002
Received: 22 March 2023 / Accepted: 22 May 2023 / Published Online: 14 June 2023
Abstract
The stages of liver fibrosis can reflect the severity of chronic viral hepatitis and the probability of liver cancer. Biopsy is still regarded as the reference for staging fibrosis, but the invasive method is not suitable for first-line screening. In recent years, noninvasive methods for detecting virus-driven liver fibrosis have been developed rapidly, which mainly include biological (serum biomarkers indexes) and physical (imaging assessment of liver stiffness) strategies. In this review, we introduce these noninvasive methods, enumerate their diagnosis performances and discuss the role of ferroptosis. At last, we propose directions for future researches.
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APA Style
Wang, J., Sun, J., Qin, T., Ren, X., Zhang, J., & Lu, X. (2023). Liver fibrosis from viral hepatitis: advances in non-invasive diagnosis. Cancer Insight, 2(1), 16. doi:10.58567/ci02010002
ACS Style
Wang, J.; Sun, J.; Qin, T.; Ren, X.; Zhang, J.; Lu, X. Liver fibrosis from viral hepatitis: advances in non-invasive diagnosis. Cancer Insight, 2023, 2, 16. doi:10.58567/ci02010002
AMA Style
Wang J, Sun J, Qin T et al.. Liver fibrosis from viral hepatitis: advances in non-invasive diagnosis. Cancer Insight; 2023, 2(1):16. doi:10.58567/ci02010002
Chicago/Turabian Style
Wang, Jincheng; Sun, Jinyu; Qin, Tao; Ren, Xiaohan; Zhang, Jin; Lu, Xiaojie 2023. "Liver fibrosis from viral hepatitis: advances in non-invasive diagnosis" Cancer Insight 2, no.1:16. doi:10.58567/ci02010002