According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 25,000 men and 11,000 women are diagnosed with liver cancer each year. Early detection and treatment are key to ...

FibroScan is the brand name for transient elastography, an abdominal ultrasound that measures the stiffness of liver tissues. The scan can help screen for scarring or fibrosis (tough connective tissue ...

This article is brought to you by Our Lady of the Angels. An innovative non-invasive technology at Our Lady of the Angels is helping doctors better detect liver problems, leading to earlier treatment ...

WALTHAM, Mass. & FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Echosens North America, a high-technology company offering the FibroScan ® portfolio of solutions, and ChronWell, a digital health and ...

Liver fibrosis happens when persistent inflammation of the liver causes excessive scar tissue to build up in the organ and nearby blood vessels. The presence of scar tissue can impair overall liver ...

Experts say about one in 10 Americans have some form of liver disease like hepatitis, cirrhosis or cancer.Many of those patients would have to undergo a core needle biopsy procedure, which is invasive ...

The Fibroscan test is recognized in the medical community as an established procedure to assess liver fibrosis. It received FDA approval in 2012. A simple probe is placed on the skin in between the ...

The hepatitis C infection can inflame and damage your liver. Damage starts when scar tissue called fibrosis builds up in this organ. As fibrosis gets worse, scar tissue takes the place of healthy ...

This guidance replaces NICE’s medtech innovation briefing on FibroScan for assessing liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in primary care (MIB216). Diagnostics guidance 48 has been migrated to HealthTech ...