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ReviewVisceral medicine2016

Diagnostics and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in 2016: Standards and Developments.

Jörg Trojan, Stephan Zangos, Andreas A Schnitzbauer

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Review in Visceral medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jörg TrojanMedizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Universitäres Leberzentrum, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Stephan ZangosUniversitäres Leberzentrum, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Andreas A SchnitzbauerUniversitäres Leberzentrum, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEUniversity Hospital Frankfurt · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a frequent complication of liver cirrhosis. Worldwide, HCC is one of the most common cancers, with a rising incidence.

methodsA selective literature search was conducted, taking into account current studies, reviews, meta-analyses, and guidelines.

resultsThe diagnosis is established either non-invasively by dynamic imaging, showing a typical contrast enhancement and wash-out, or histopathologically. Pathological diagnosis of HCC is recommended for all atypical nodules in patients with cirrhosis and for those in non-cirrhotic patients. Tumor therapy as well as treatment of the underlying chronic liver disease and/or preservation of liver function are important for the management of patients with HCC. Standard stage-adapted treatments are based on the widely applied Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging system including liver resection and transplantation, interventional treatments such as thermal ablation and transarterial therapies, and systemic treatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sorafenib. After failure of sorafenib, anti-angiogenic drugs, MET inhibitors, and immunotherapeutics are currently under advanced clinical investigation.

conclusionTreatment of HCC is multidisciplinary and therefore requires a close cooperation between various disciplines such as hepatology, visceral surgery, radiology, and oncology to achieve the best outcome depending on the tumor stage and degree of liver function impairment.

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Hepatocellular carcinomaInterventional treatmentLiver cirrhosisResectionSystemic therapyTransplantation

Identifiers

PMID27413729
PMCPMC4926883
OpenAlexW2341695416

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