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. 2020 Oct;26(Suppl 1):S1-S40.
doi: 10.4103/sjg.SJG_477_20.

Saudi Association for the Study of Liver diseases and Transplantation practice guidelines on the diagnosis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma

Saleh A Alqahtani  1 , Faisal M Sanai  2 , Ashwaq Alolayan  3 , Faisal Abaalkhail  4 , Hamad Alsuhaibani  5 , Mazen Hassanain  6 , Waleed Alhazzani  7 , Abdullah Alsuhaibani  5 , Abdullah Algarni  8 , Alejandro Forner  9 , Richard S Finn  10 , Waleed K Al-Hamoudi  11
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Saudi Association for the Study of Liver diseases and Transplantation practice guidelines on the diagnosis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma

Saleh A Alqahtani et al. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma; SASLT; Saudi Arabia; liver cancer; practice guidelines.

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Estimated age-standardized incidence rates for liver cancer in 2018 (both sexes, all ages; per GLOBOCAN 2018 database)[3]
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Algorithm for HCC diagnosis in cirrhotic patients
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BCLC staging and subsequent treatment allocation for patients with HCC.[9] *the 26 months median OS obtained with sequential use of sorafenib and regorafenib
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