supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30772126);the New Century Excellent Talent Foundation of China Ministry of Education (No. NCET-04-0701) to Dr. Zhiyong HUANG;by grants from the Chinese Ministry of Public Health for Key Clinical Projects (No. 353, 2007);the Health Department, the Science & Technology Department of Hubei Province for the Clinical Medicine Research Centre of Hepatic Surgery (2007) to Dr. Xiaoping CHEN
Liver resection is the most effective treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system is commonly accepted as a guideline for HCC treatment, but it only recomm...