Liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma beyond the BCLC: are multinodular disease, portal hypertension, and portal system invasion real contraindications?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) is a recognized guideline to standardize treatment allocation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, many centers criticize its restrictive liver resection recommendations and have published good results after more liberal hepatectomy indications. The objective is to evaluate the results of HCC resection in a single center, with a more liberal indication for resection than proposed by the BCLC guideline. It was performed a retrospective cohort study including all patients who underwent liver resection for HCC in a single center between April 2008 and November 2018.

Methods

The results of 150 patients who underwent hepatectomy were evaluated and compared facing both 2010 and 2018 BCLC guidelines. Overall and disease-free s

SUBMITTER: Barros AZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9830367 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature