General Rules for the Clinical and Pathological Study of Primary Liver Cancer, Nationwide Follow-Up Survey and Clinical Practice Guidelines: The Outstanding Achievements of the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan

摘要

As for other cancers, general rules and clinical practice guidelines have been developed for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Historically, the general rules for HCC have been published by the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan (LCSGJ), under the title 'General Rules for the Clinical and Pathological Study of Primary Liver Cancer'. After the publication of the first edition on June 20,1983, subsequent editions were published in 1987 (2nd edition), 1992 (3rd edition), 2001 (4th edition) and 2008 (5th edition), followed by a revision of the current fifth edition on July 7, 2009 [1, 2]. The sixth edition is scheduled for publication in 2015. While the general rules for other cancers have been compiled primarily by the respective large medical societies, the general rules for primary liver cancer were published by the LCSGJ.