TY - JOUR
T1 - Position paper of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF)
T2 - The multidisciplinary clinical approach to hepatocellular carcinoma
AU - Bolondi, Luigi
AU - Cillo, Umberto
AU - Colombo, Massimo
AU - Craxì, Antonio
AU - Farinati, Fabio
AU - Giannini, Edoardo G.
AU - Golfieri, Rita
AU - Levrero, Massimo
AU - Daniele Pinna, Antonio
AU - Piscaglia, Fabio
AU - Raimondo, Giovanni
AU - Trevisani, Franco
AU - Bruno, Raffaele
AU - Caraceni, Paolo
AU - Ciancio, Alessia
AU - Coco, Barbara
AU - Fraquelli, Mirella
AU - Rendina, Maria
AU - Squadrito, Giovanni
AU - Toniutto, Pierluigi
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma should be managed with a multidisciplinary approach framed in a network where all the diagnostic techniques and therapeutic resources are available in order to provide the optimal level of care.Given this assumption, the Coordinating Committee of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver nominated a panel of experts to elaborate practical recommendations for the multidisciplinary management of hepatocellular carcinoma aiming to provide: (1) homogeneous and efficacious diagnostic and staging work-up, and (2) the best treatment choice tailored to patient status and tumour stage at diagnosis.The 2010 updated American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma were selected as the reference document. For each management issue, the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease recommendations were briefly summarised and discussed, according to both the scientific evidence published after their release and the clinical expertise of the Italian centres taking care of these patients. The Italian Association for the Study of the Liver expert panel recommendations are finally reported.
AB - Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma should be managed with a multidisciplinary approach framed in a network where all the diagnostic techniques and therapeutic resources are available in order to provide the optimal level of care.Given this assumption, the Coordinating Committee of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver nominated a panel of experts to elaborate practical recommendations for the multidisciplinary management of hepatocellular carcinoma aiming to provide: (1) homogeneous and efficacious diagnostic and staging work-up, and (2) the best treatment choice tailored to patient status and tumour stage at diagnosis.The 2010 updated American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma were selected as the reference document. For each management issue, the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease recommendations were briefly summarised and discussed, according to both the scientific evidence published after their release and the clinical expertise of the Italian centres taking care of these patients. The Italian Association for the Study of the Liver expert panel recommendations are finally reported.
KW - Cirrhosis
KW - Hepatic resection
KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma
KW - Liver transplantation
KW - Percutaneous ablation
KW - Trans-arterial chemoembolisation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dld.2013.01.012
DO - 10.1016/j.dld.2013.01.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 23769756
AN - SCOPUS:84882240544
SN - 1590-8658
VL - 45
SP - 712
EP - 723
JO - Digestive and Liver Disease
JF - Digestive and Liver Disease
IS - 9
ER -