Prognosis evaluation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy: comparison of BCLC, TNM and Hangzhou criteria staging systems.

PURPOSE: This study is to evaluate the Hangzhou criteria (HC) for patients with HCC undergoing surgical resection and to identify whether this staging system is superior to other staging systems in predicting the survival of resectable HCC. METHOD: 774 HCC patients underwent surgical resection betwe...

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Main Authors: Chang Liu, Li-gen Duan, Wu-sheng Lu, Lu-nan Yan, Guang-qin Xiao, Li Jiang, Jian Yang, Jia-yin Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4136742?pdf=render