Challenges and barriers in HCC surveillance for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

This episode discusses a recent review article in Hepatoma Research titled: "Challenges and Barriers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance for Patients with non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease" (now called metabolic associated steatotic liver disease or MASLD). We discuss several important challenges and barriers that currently exist in caring for patients with MASLD cirrhosis, including the scale of the MASLD – hepatocellular carcinoma problem, the current lack and limitations of accurate risk stratification tools in order to improve detection and prevention of HCC in patients with MASLD cirrhosis, potential solutions to address these limitations, and ends with a discussion of current disparities that exist in HCC surveillance.