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

  Chan AWH, Zhong J, Berhane S, Toyoda H, Cucchetti A, Shi K, Tada T, Chong CCN, Xiang BD, Li LQ, Lai PBS, Mazzaferro V, García-Fiñana M, Kudo M, Kumada T, Roayaie S, Johnson PJ. Chan AWH, et al. J Hepatol. 2018 Dec;69(6):1284-1293. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.08.027. Epub 2018 Sep 18. J Hepatol. 2018. PMID: 30236834
• Time to recurrence, but not recurrence-free survival, should be the endpoint used to predict early recurrence after HCC resection.

  Yan WT, Quan B, Xing H, Wu MC, Yang T. Yan WT, et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Mar;70(3):570-571. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.025. Epub 2018 Dec 13. J Hepatol. 2019. PMID: 30553526 No abstract available.
• Predicting early hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after resection: A comment for moving forward.

  Zhang XY, Ou J, Chen JY, Li WW. Zhang XY, et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Mar;70(3):567-568. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.009. Epub 2018 Dec 13. J Hepatol. 2019. PMID: 30554930 No abstract available.
• Toward the universal scoring system in treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

  Kusakabe J, Firl DJ, Sasaki K. Kusakabe J, et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Mar;70(3):568-570. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.024. Epub 2018 Dec 13. J Hepatol. 2019. PMID: 30554931 No abstract available.
• Factors predicting early recurrence after surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma.

  Zhang YM, Zhou ZT, Liu GM. Zhang YM, et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Mar;70(3):571-572. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.038. Epub 2018 Dec 20. J Hepatol. 2019. PMID: 30579671 No abstract available.