Multidisciplinary approaches to downstaging hepatocellular carcinoma: present and future

• Main Authors: Sang-Youn Hwang (Author), Hyunwook Choi (Author), Wan Jeon (Author), Ryoung-Go Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Liver Cancer Association, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is typically defined as the reduction in size or number of viable tumors through locoregional therapy (LRT), aiming to meet the established criteria for liver transplantation (LT). According to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system, a s...