The changing scenario of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy: an update.
Francesca GarutiAndrea NeriFrancesca AvanzatoAnnagiulia GramenziDavide RampoldiPaola RucciFabio FarinatiEdoardo Giovanni GianniniPiscaglia FabioGian Ludovico RapacciniMaria Di MarcoEugenio CaturelliMarco ZoliRodolfo SaccoGiuseppe CabibboFabio MarraAndrea MegaFilomena MoriscoAntonio GasbarriniGianluca Svegliati-BaroniFrancesco G FoschiGabriele MissaleAlberto MasottoGerardo NardoneGiovanni RaimondoFrancesco AzzaroliGianpaolo VidiliMaurizia R BrunettoFranco Trevisaninull nullPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
During the last 15 years several aspects of HCC scenario have changed, as well as its management. The improvement in patient survival observed in the last period was likely because of a larger use of thermal ablation with respect to the less effective alcohol injection and to an improved management of intermediate stage patients.