title: Hepatocellular carcinoma: have we finally found the ultimate staging system for HCC?
abstract: A staging system capable of addressing the real issues facing patients with hepatocellular carcinoma has long been overdue. The new Hong Kong Liver Cancer staging system might do just that because it deals effectively with the limitations of previous staging systems.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Sheikh Zayed Tower, Suite 7203, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Julius
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chapiro
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Sheikh Zayed Tower, Suite 7203, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Geschwind
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies