title: "Survival benefit": the final destination, with still a long way to go.
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Digestive Disease and Internal Medicine, Bologna, Italy. Fabio.piscaglia@unibo.it
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piscaglia
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cucchetti
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bolondi
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000592:standards*; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000592:standards*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index