Incidence and Predictors of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cirrhosis

Independent predictors of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis are not well established.We created a cohort of 2126 patients (41% with hepatitis C virus [HCV] infection) who sought care from all Veterans Affairs health care centers in the northwest United States from 1994 to 2005 and who had a diagnosis of cirrhosis recorded in inpatient or outpatient medical records.During a mean follow-up period of 3.6 years, 100 patients were...