Liver Resection Is Justified in Patients with BCLC Intermediate Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma without Microvascular Invasion.
Han WangYou-Wen QianMeng-Chao WuWen-Ming CongPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)
In BCLC intermediate stage HCC, MVI predicted an adverse recurrence pattern and poor prognosis and has the potential to be used as a reference index when deciding whether to operate. Factors predictive of MVI could assist in choosing preoperative treatment and postoperative surveillance.