title: Brazilian society of hepatology recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma is a malignancy of global importance and is associated with a high rate of mortality. Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease make it imperative to update the recommendations on the management of the disease. In order to draw evidence-based recommendations concering the diagnosis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma, the Brazilian Society of Hepatology has sponsored a single-topic meeting in João Pessoa (PB). All the invited pannelists were asked to make a systematic review of the literature and to present topics related to the risk factors for its development, methods of screening, radiological diagnosis, staging systems, curative and palliative treatments and hepatocellular carcinoma in noncirrhotic liver. After the meeting, all panelists gathered together for the discussion of the topics and the elaboration of those recommendations. The text was subsequently submitted for suggestions and approval of all members of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology through its homepage. The present paper is the final version of the reviewed manuscript containing the recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flair J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Carrilho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Angelo Alves de
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mattos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Sergipe, SE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alex F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Vianey
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Denise Cerqueira P
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Vezozzo
authors.affiliation: Hospital Português de Beneficiência, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fábio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marinho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Souto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Helma P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Cotrim
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Henrique Sergio M
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ivonete
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Huygens P
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lofego
authors.affiliation: Hospital Português de Beneficiência, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Wellington
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Andraus
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Catarina, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Altikes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jose Eymard
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Hospital Português, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edison R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Parise
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012955:Societies, Medical