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ReviewThe Indian journal of medical research2019

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated with hepatocellular carcinoma: An increasing concern.

Ekta Dhamija, Shashi Bala Paul, Saurabh Kedia

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Review in The Indian journal of medical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Celiac Disease in Patients With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026
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  17. The Role of microRNA-22 in Metabolism.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Ekta DhamijaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Shashi Bala PaulDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Saurabh KediaDepartment of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer in world and third largest cause of cancer-related deaths. The last few decades have witnessed the emergence of non-viral causes of HCC, the most important being non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD ranges from simple steatosis in the absence of excessive alcohol intake to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with or without cirrhosis. About 3-15 per cent of the obese patients with NASH progress to cirrhosis and about 4-27 per cent of NASH with cirrhosis patients transform to HCC. It is also known that HCC can develop de novo in patients with NASH without the presence of cirrhosis. Yearly cumulative incidence of NASH-related HCC is low (2.6%) compared to four per cent of viral-HCC. NAFLD has been associated with risk factors such as metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, altered gut flora and persistent inflammation. Due to alarming rise in metabolic diseases, both in the developing as well as the developed world, it is expected that the incidence of NAFLD/NASH-HCC would rise manifold in future. No definite guidelines have been drawn for surveillance and management of NAFLD/NASH-associated HCC. It is thus important to discuss the entity of HCC in NAFLD at length with special focus on its epidemiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, diagnosis, clinical presentation and prevention.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularHumansInsulin ResistanceLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsMetabolic SyndromeNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseRisk FactorsHepatocellular carcinomametabolic syndromeNASH-HCCnon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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PMID31115369
PMCPMC6507546

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