PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Viral Analysis: Early Detection of HCC AID - 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-065 DP - 2020 Jul 09 TA - Cancer Discovery 4099 - http://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2020/07/09/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-065.short 4100 - http://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2020/07/09/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-065.full AB - A recent study suggests that a method that identifies exposure to viral infections could allow earlier diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The method discriminated patients with HCC from at-risk and healthy people and determined that at-risk individuals developed HCC almost 9 years earlier than it could be detected with standard screening techniques.