BCLC strategy for prognosis prediction and treatment recommendation: The 2022 update

Journal of Hepatology - Tập 76 Số 3 - Trang 681-693 - 2022
María Reig1,2, Alejandro Forner1,2, Jordi Rimola3, Joana Ferrer4, Marta Burrel5, Ángeles García‐Criado3, Robin Kate Kelley6, Peter R. Galle7, Vincenzo Mazzaferro8, Riad Salem9, Bruno Sangro2,10, Amit G. Singal11, Arndt Vogel12, Josep Fuster4,2, Carmen Ayuso3,2, Jordi Bruix1,2
1BCLC Group, Liver Unit, ICMDM, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Spain
3BCLC Group, Radiology Department, CDI, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
4BCLC Group, Surgery Department, ICMDM, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
5BCLC Group, Vascular Department, CDI, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona University, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
6Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
7Department of Internal Medicine, Mainz University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
8Department of Oncology, University of Milan and HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
9Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
10Liver Unit, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
11Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
12Hannover Medical School, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover, Germany

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