Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma by Egyptian physicians

Table 11 Hepatocellular carcinoma screening depending on medical specialty

	Specialty				P value
	Specialty A1		Specialty B2
	n	%	n	%
HCC surveillance					0.193
Yes	32	25	3	13
No	98	75	21	87
Screening of patients with HCV cirrhosis and SVR					0.79
Yes	109	84	19	79
No	21	16	5	21
Screening of patients with hemochromatosis					0.030a
Yes	94	72.3	12	50
No	36	27.7	12	50
No. of incidental HCCs/month					0.418
0	33	25	8	33
1 or more	97	75	16	67
No. of HCCs/month					0.759
0	34	26	7	29
1 or more	96	74	17	71

^aP < 0.05 considered statistically significant.

¹Specialty A (Tropical medicine, Internal medicine, Gastroenterology);

²Specialty B (General practitioner, Radiology, General surgery). HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; SVR: Sustained virological response; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.