Liver Cancer (Oct 2024)

Chinese Expert Consensus on the Whole-Course Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2023 Edition)

  • Yu Yang,
  • Juxian Sun,
  • Jianqiang Cai,
  • Minshan Chen,
  • Chaoliu Dai,
  • Tianfu Wen,
  • Jinglin Xia,
  • Mingang Ying,
  • Zhiwei Zhang,
  • Xuewen Zhang,
  • Chihua Fang,
  • Feng Shen,
  • Ping An,
  • Qingxian Cai,
  • Jingyu Cao,
  • Zhen Zeng,
  • Gang Chen,
  • Juan Chen,
  • Ping Chen,
  • Yongshun Chen,
  • Yunfeng Shan,
  • Shuangsuo Dang,
  • Wei-Xing Guo,
  • Jiefeng He,
  • Heping Hu,
  • Bin Huang,
  • Weidong Jia,
  • Kexiang Jiang,
  • Yan Jin,
  • Yongdong Jin,
  • Yun Jin,
  • Gong Li,
  • Yun Liang,
  • Enyu Liu,
  • Hao Liu,
  • Wei Peng,
  • Zhenwei Peng,
  • Zhiyi Peng,
  • Yeben Qian,
  • Wanhua Ren,
  • Jie Shi,
  • Yusheng Song,
  • Min Tao,
  • Jun Tie,
  • Xueying Wan,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Jin Wang,
  • Kai Wang,
  • Kang Wang,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Wenjing Wei,
  • Fei-Xiang Wu,
  • Bangde Xiang,
  • Lin Xie,
  • Jianming Xu,
  • Mao-Lin Yan,
  • Yufu Ye,
  • Jinbo Yue,
  • Xiaoxun Zhang,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Aibin Zhang,
  • Haitao Zhao,
  • Weifeng Zhao,
  • Xin Zheng,
  • Hongkun Zhou,
  • Huabang Zhou,
  • Jun Zhou,
  • Xinmin Zhou,
  • Shu-Qun Cheng,
  • Qiu Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000541622

Abstract

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Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in China. Most HCC patients have the complications of chronic liver disease and need overall consideration and whole-course management, including diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. To develop a reasonable, long-term, and complete management plan, multiple factors need to be considered, including the patient’s general condition, basic liver diseases, tumor stage, tumor biological characteristics, treatment requirements, and economic cost. Summary: To better guide the whole-course management of HCC patients, the Chinese Association of Liver Cancer and the Chinese Medical Doctor Association has gathered multidisciplinary experts and scholars in relevant fields to formulate the “Chinese Expert Consensus on The Whole-Course Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2023).” Key Messages: This expert consensus, based on the current clinical evidence and experience, proposes surgical and nonsurgical HCC management pathways and involves 18 recommendations, including perioperative treatment, systematic treatment combined with local treatment, conversion treatment, special population management, symptomatic support treatment, and follow-up management.

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