title: Reply to Letter: "Dissecting EASL/AASLD Recommendations With a More Careful Knife: A Comment on 'Surgical Misinterpretation' of the BCLC Staging System": Real Misinterpretation or Lack of Clarity Within the BCLC?
authors.affiliation: Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, University of Milan, Rozzano, Milan, Italy Service de Chirurgie Hépatique et Pancréatique, Hôpital Beaujon, University of Paris VII, Clichy Cedex, Paris, France Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Department of Digestive Surgery, Nihon University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Department HPB and Digestive Surgery, Ospedale Mauriziano "Umberto I", Turin, Italy Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Department of Surgery and Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Gascón, Buenos Aires, Argentina Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, University of Milan, Rozzano, Milan, Italy Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, guido.torzilli@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torzilli
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belghiti
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokudo
authors.forename: Tadatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capussotti
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nuzzo
authors.forename: Jean-Nicolas
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Vauthey
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Choti
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Santibanes
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donadon
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*