Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD FibroScan is the brand name for transient elastography, an abdominal ultrasound that ...

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Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Topper Cancer Institute has become the first in Pennsylvania to use histotripsy to treat ...

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Liver cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the country.