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ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Europe2025

A call for doubling the diagnostic rate of at-risk metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

Jeffrey V Lazarus, Paul N Brennan, Henry E Mark, William Alazawi, Alina M Allen, Christopher D Byrne, Laurent Castera, Cyrielle Caussy, Kenneth Cusi, Martin M Grajower and 7 more

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Review in The Lancet regional health. Europe, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Jeffrey V LazarusCity University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), New York, NY, USA.
Paul N BrennanDivision of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Henry E MarkBarcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
William AlazawiBarts Liver Centre, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Alina M AllenDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Christopher D ByrneSouthampton National Institute for Health and Care Research, Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Laurent CasteraUniversité Paris Cité, Department of Hepatology, Hospital Beaujon, AP-HP, Clichy, Paris, France.
Cyrielle CaussyEndocrinology Diabetes Nutrition, Hôpital Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Kenneth CusiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Martin M GrajowerDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Christopher J KopkaBarcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Jo MassoelsEchosens, Paris, France.
Michael RodenDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
C Wendy SpearmanDivision of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Frank TackeDepartment of Hepatology & Gastroenterology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Vincent Wai-Sun WongDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Mazen NoureddinHouston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is an increasingly important contributor to morbidity and mortality. Little emphasis has been placed on its timely diagnosis and interventions to prevent adverse disease outcomes. The principal determinant of MASH outcomes is the liver fibrosis stage. The prevalence of MASH is higher among people living with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes, with MASH with moderate to advanced fibrosis affecting one in six adults. Delivering a paradigm shift in MASH diagnosis in the four countries studied will require an expansion of community-based diagnostic capability that will also foster prevention efforts and provide opportunities for treatment and care.

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Diagnostic rateHealth policyHealth systemsMASHMASLDPublic health

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PMCPMC12266185

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