Yuichi Goto, Takashi Niizeki, Shogo Fukutomi, Tomotake Shirono, Shigeo Shimose, Hideki Iwamoto, Satoki Kojima, Hiroki Kanno, Yoshihiro Uchino, Shin Sasaki, Nobuhisa Shirahama, Daisuke Muroya, Yoriko Nomura, Masanori Akashi, Goichi Nakayama, Yusuke Hirakawa, Toshihiro Sato, Munehiro Yoshitomi, Hisamune Sakai, Toru Hisaka, Tatsuyuki Kakuma, Hironori Koga, Takuji Torimura, Yoshito Akagi, Koji Okuda
BACKGROUND: The Japanese guideline for therapeutic strategy in HCC does not recognize any benefit of preoperative chemotherapy for potentially resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and only upfront resec tion is recommended even for an advanced HCC. Data on preoperative chemotherapy for advanced HCC is still limited. Poor prognostic factors of HCC after resection are tumor more than 5 cm in diameter, multiple lesions, and gross tumor thrombosis, which constitute UICC7 Stage IIIA and IIIB HCC...
September 25, 2023: Kurume Medical Journal