Poor adherence and low persistency rates for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

AbstractOur goal was to examine rates and predictors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance adherence and persistency, since studies of such adherence and persistency in patients with chronic hepatitis (CHB) are currently limited.Consecutive CHB patients (N = 1329) monitored for ≥1 year at