Health News from Medical News Today: Noninvasive Diagnostics May Offer Alternative To Liver Biopsy For Assessing Liver Fibrosis

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Noninvasive Diagnostics May Offer Alternative To Liver Biopsy For Assessing Liver Fibrosis 2 Jun 2011, 5:00 pm Patients who are evaluated for liver diseases such as hepatitis C (HCV) are typically recommended for liver biopsy to determine the extent of disease progression. For patients who question whether less invasive testing is available, clinicians now have alternatives options to consider. Elastography and serum markers are two such diagnostic options reviewed in an editorial published in the June issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Epidemiological studies report that approximately 150,000 individuals in the U.S... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.