However, with medical advancements and awareness of its symptoms, more people are becoming proactive about this disease - including an awareness of how hepatitis B can develop into liver cancer.

Screening may include a consultation with your doctor, a blood test for liver function – LFT and screening for hepatitis B and C (HBsAg and Anti-HCV), Ultrasound abdomen for liver morphology and ...

Background and Aim: Currently, an increasing number of liver biopsies are performed by radiologists under real-time ultrasound control. A routine ultrasound assessment of a puncture site before ...

All the children underwent abdominal ultrasound scanning before treatments ... among which 12 were infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). The HCC group consisted of 9 boys and 3 girls ranging ...

Hepatitis B or hepatitis C ... such as an MRI or ultrasound. You may need a procedure called a biopsy, in which a sample of your liver tissue is removed so your doctor can see how much damage ...

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Faye Coite and Beth Featherstone said the liver checks could be "a life saver" The health check involves a Fibroscan which uses ultrasound to detect ...