Clinical radiology
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To review the radiology-led ultrasound (US) surveillance programme for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhotic patients in a UK tertiary-referral centre. ⋯ Even with a radiology-led recall service for HCC surveillance, the proportion of patients receiving scans 6-monthly was low, due in part to the lack of organisational support that is available for other screening programmes. This study gives a realistic representation of the implementation of surveillance in a UK hospital at the current time and of the rates of HCC proceeding to treatment.