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Ece Ulukal Karancı1, Armağan Günal2, Ahmet Şükrü Alparslan3

  • 1Department of Medical Oncology, University of Health Sciences Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Türkiye. ecekaranci@gmail.com.

Cancer Research and Treatment
|July 29, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Newly detected hepatic lesions in patients on CDK4/6 inhibitors like ribociclib may be benign focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH)-like changes, not metastasis. Biopsy confirmation is key to avoid interrupting effective cancer treatment.

Keywords:
CDK4/6 inhibitorsChemotherapy-naïveFocal nodular hyperplasia (FNH)Hepatic veno-occlusive diseaseMetastatic breast cancerRibociclib

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