Time to recurrence, but not recurrence-free survival, should be the endpoint used to predict early recurrence after HCC resection

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¹ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China; Department of Clinical Medicine, Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
² Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China.
³ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China. Electronic address: yangtianehbh@smmu.edu.cn.

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Wen-Tao Yan et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;70(3):570-571.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.025. Epub 2018 Dec 13.

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China; Department of Clinical Medicine, Navy Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
² Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China.
³ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China. Electronic address: yangtianehbh@smmu.edu.cn.

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Development of pre and post-operative models to predict early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgical resection.
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