What is the best staging system for hepa
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Kim M. Olthoff; Alejandro Forner; Stefan HΓΌbscher; John Fung
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The purposes of cancer staging are (1) to accurately predict a patient's prognosis and (2) to determine the appropriate interventions. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is somewhat unique: it usually affects patients with underlying liver disease, and both tumor burden and liver function need to be car