Open AccessCirrhotic patients and older people
Author(s) -
Laura Bainy Rodrigues de Freitas,
Larisse Longo,
Deivid Cruz dos Santos,
Ivana Grivicich,
Mário Reis ÁlvaresdaSilva
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v11.i9.678
Subject(s) - liver cancer , medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , gastroenterology
Despite being the world's most widely used system for staging and therapeutic guidance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment, the Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) system has limitations, especially regarding intermediate-grade (BCLC-B) tumors. The recently proposed Hong Kong liver cancer (HKLC) staging system appears useful but requires validation in Western populations.