Publications by authors named "T Tara Ghaziani"
Purpose: To assess the accuracy, reliability, and readability of publicly available large language models in answering fundamental questions on hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis and management.
Methods: Twenty questions on liver cancer diagnosis and management were asked in triplicate to ChatGPT-3.5 (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), and Bing (Microsoft).
Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma meeting united network for organ sharing (UNOS)-downstaging (DS) criteria have excellent liver transplantation (LT) outcomes after DS. However, outcomes for "all-comers" (AC) patients with tumors initially exceeding UNOS-DS are poorly understood. Patients meeting AC (n = 82) or UNOS-DS (n = 229) at 7 LT centers in 4 UNOS regions were prospectively followed from 2015-2020.
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- This study focused on patients with cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis B who had small liver lesions (subcentimeter) and aimed to assess the risk of developing primary liver cancer (PLC) over time.
- Out of 746 patients observed, a majority had only one ultrasound, and only about 28% followed the recommended ultrasound schedule; after 26 months, 42 patients were diagnosed with PLC, indicating a low incidence rate of cancer.
- Factors like high alpha-fetoprotein levels, low platelet counts, and more severe liver disease (Child-Pugh B) were linked to a higher risk of developing PLC, suggesting that while short follow-up ultrasounds are generally safe, certain patients may need additional
Background: Malignancy-related ascites accounts for approximately 10% of causes of ascites. Our AIM was to characterize the ascites fluid and correlate clinical outcomes in those with extrahepatic malignancy and ascites.
Methods: 241 subjects with extrahepatic solid tumors and ascites were reviewed from 1/1/2000 to 12/31/2019, 119 without liver metastasis and 122 with liver metastasis.