title: What is the best staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma?
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudo
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood; D011516:Prothrombin; D016019:Survival Analysis; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011498:Protein Precursors; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; C008208:acarboxyprothrombin; D011516:Prothrombin