New intermediate-stage subclassification for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transarterial chemoembolization.

Jin Hyoung Kim Ju Hyun ShimHan Chu LeeKyu-Bo SungHeung-Kyu KoGi-Young KoDong Il GwonJong Woo KimYoung-Suk LimSeong Ho Park

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2017)

Our new BCLC B substaging system, with up-to-11 criteria and Child-Pugh class as main parameters, has excellent discriminatory power to subclassify TACE-treated patients into three prognostic substages.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
mental health
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported