Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer) is classified in many ways. The
Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) group staging classifies the cancer based on patient's …

Background: In recent years, there has been considerable uncertainty about the optimal
treatment option for very early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with tumor size less than 2 …

Curative treatments for very early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), defined as single
HCC with a maximum diameter of< 2 cm in patients with well-preserved liver function …

Background There are many potential treatment options for patients with early stage
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and practice patterns vary widely. This project aimed to use …

Purpose: It is unclear which kind of interventional therapies is the best when treating early-
stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We conducted Bayesian network meta-analyses to …

Objective: The objectives of our study were firstly to characterize the treatment stage
migration phenomenon in early (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer [BCLC]-0/A) stage …

AIM: To compare clinical outcomes between surgical resection (RES) and nonsurgical-RES
(nRES) ablation therapies for small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: MEDLINE …

Purpose To compare comprehensively the benefits of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and
percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) with those of surgical resection (SR) in early-stage …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in its very early stage, is heterogeneous both in terms of
liver function (ie, presence or absence of portal hypertension, model for end-stage liver …

Aim To compare the long-term survival outcomes of radiofrequency ablation and liver
resection for single very early/early stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods The …