JSH Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 2014 Update by the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan.
The Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma proposed by the Japan Society of Hepatology was updated in June 2014 at a consensus meeting of the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan. Three important items have been updated: the surveillance and diagnostic algorithm, the treatment algorithm, and the definition of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) failure/refractoriness. The most important update to the diagnostic algorithm is the inclusion of gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging as a first line surveillance/diagnostic tool. Another significant update concerns removal of the term "lipiodol" from the definition of TACE failure/refractoriness.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Masatoshi
M
Kudo
Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Ishikawa, Japan.
Osamu
O
Matsui
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Namiki
N
Izumi
Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
Hiroko
H
Iijima
Department of Radiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.
Masumi
M
Kadoya
Department of Gastroenterology, Ikeda Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Yasuharu
Y
Imai
Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Takuji
T
Okusaka
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fukuiken Saiseikai Hospital, Fukui, Japan.
Shiro
S
Miyayama
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kaoru
K
Tsuchiya
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuomi
K
Ueshima
Department of Gastroenterology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Ehime, Japan.
Atsushi
A
Hiraoka
Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan.
Masafumi
M
Ikeda
Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Sadahisa
S
Ogasawara
Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Ishikawa, Japan.
Tatsuya
T
Yamashita
Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Ishikawa, Japan.
Tetsuya
T
Minami
Department of Interventional Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan.
Koichiro
K
Yamakado
Clinical practice guidelines; Definition of transarterial chemoembolization failure; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Japan Society of Hepatology; Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan