Hepatocellular Carcinoma—How to Determine Therapeutic Options
Deciding on specific treatment strategies involves not only tumor stage, performance status, and severity of underlying liver disease, but additional factors such as biomarkers, organ availability, and radiographic tumor response to treatment. In this review, we present hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Hepatology Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1481 |
| Summary: | Deciding on specific treatment strategies involves not only tumor stage, performance status, and severity of underlying liver disease, but additional factors such as biomarkers, organ availability, and radiographic tumor response to treatment. In this review, we present hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases to highlight how to determine therapeutic options for HCC in specific scenarios, including resection versus liver transplant, choice of initial local regional treatment, tumor downstaging, and systemic therapies for advanced HCC. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-254X |