Research progresses of imaging studies on preoperative prediction of microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma / 中国医学影像技术

ABSTRACT

Microvascular invasion (MVI) is one of invasive behaviors of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), related with the prognosis and post-treatment recurrence of HCC. Preoperative noninvasive and accurate prediction of MVI is of vital importance to select reasonable clinical treatment and improve patient's prognosis. At present, there are no recognized criteria for preoperative diagnosis of MVI in clinical practice. Preoperative imaging prediction of MVI has become a current research focus, and the relative research progresses were reviewed in this article.