Monofocal hepatocellular carcinoma: How much does size matter?
Filippo PelizzaroBarbara PenzoGiulia PesericoAngela ImondiAnna SartoriAlessandro VitaleUmberto CilloEdoardo Giovanni GianniniAntonella ForgioneGian Ludovico RapacciniMaria Di MarcoEugenio CaturelliMarco ZoliRodolfo SaccoGiuseppe CabibboFabio MarraAndrea MegaFilomena MoriscoAntonio GasbarriniGianluca Svegliati-BaroniFrancesco Giuseppe FoschiAndrea OlivaniAlberto MasottoGerardo NardoneGiovanni RaimondoFrancesco AzzaroliGianpaolo VidiliFilippo OliveriFranco TrevisaniFabio Farinatinull nullPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
Monofocal HCC larger than 5 cm should not be staged as BCLC A and either a different staging system or a different subgrouping of patients (e.g. BCLC AB) should be used. Liver resection, if feasible, remains the recommended treatment for all these patients.