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ReviewLiver research (Beijing, China)2023

Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence: Predictors and management.

Walaa Abdelhamed, Mohamed El-Kassas

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Review in Liver research (Beijing, China), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Emerging Immune-Based Therapeutic Strategies in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Walaa AbdelhamedEndemic Medicine Department, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.
Mohamed El-KassasEndemic Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the sixth most common cancer globally, is associated with high mortality rates and more than 830,000 annual deaths. Despite advances in the available management options including surgical resection and local ablative therapies, recurrence rates after the initial treatment exceed 50%, even among patients who have undergone curative-intent therapy. Moreover, postsurgical HCC recurrence occurs in about 70% of cases five years postoperatively. The management of recurrent HCC remains undefined. This review discusses different predictors for HCC recurrence after each treatment modality and different approaches available to stratify these patients. More specific guidelines for managing HCC recurrence and strict surveillance protocols for such recurrence after initial HCC management are needed.

Indexed as

AblationHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)Liver resectionLiver transplantationRecurrence

Identifiers

PMID39958776
PMCPMC11791921

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