Staging systems: Is there a surgical staging and a medical one? A surgeon's perspective

Carlo M. Contreras, Jean Nicolas Vauthey

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Abstract

From a surgeon's perspective, the AJCC 6th edition is the staging system of choice due to its simplified clinicopathologic schema, discriminatory accuracy, extensive external validation, widespread geographic reproducibility, and applicability to both the resection and transplantation patient population with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)438-439
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
Volume17
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2010

Keywords

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Prognosis
  • Staging system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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