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Editorial
. 2018 May;7(2):134-147.
doi: 10.1159/000484619. Epub 2017 Dec 13.

Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan as a World-Leading Model

Masatoshi Kudo  1
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Editorial

Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan as a World-Leading Model

Masatoshi Kudo. Liver Cancer. 2018 May.
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Fig. 1
Treatment modality for initially diagnosed HCC.
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Fig. 2
BCLC stage at the initial detection of HCC: comparison between Western countries and Japan.
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Fig. 3
Improvement of 5-year survival rate in patients with HCC. Results of the nationwide survey of the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan (n = 173,378). MDCT, multidetector-row CT; PEIT, percutaneous ethanol injection therapy; IFN Tx, interferon treatment; DCP, des-γ-carboxy protein.
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Fig. 4
Improvement of overall survival in patients with HCC. Results of the nationwide survey of the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan (n = 173,378). M, months. For further abbreviations, see Figure 3.
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Fig. 5
Improvement of treatment outcome in HCC patients with AFP value ≥400 ng/mL.
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Fig. 6
The Japan Society of Hepatology consensus-based HCC treatment algorithm.
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Fig. 7
Trend in HCC mortality in Japan.
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