title: [National S3 guidelines on hepatocellular carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evidence-based therapeutic and diagnostic algorithm for hepatocellular carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, image-guided percutaneous biopsy, percutaneous thermal ablation and transarterial chemoembolization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Diagnostic and therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma according to the official German interdisciplinary guidelines.
  
  
  METHODS
  The formulation of the German S3 guidelines on diagnosis and therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma was performed under special consideration of quality indicators and standardized quality improvement methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2013 the German S3 guidelines on diagnosis and therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma were published and clinically implemented as part of the nationwide guideline program in oncology of the Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (German Cancer Society).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The German S3 guidelines on diagnosis and therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma have to be considered as the national gold standard with the goal of optimization of patient care.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Radiologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Stampfl
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Kauczor
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005858:Germany; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000592:standards; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards