Survival benefit of hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma beyond the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer classification

摘要

BackgroundThe Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) classification is the most widely used staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its prognostic ability in patients after resection has not been yet validated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the BCLC classification among patients after resection.