title: Reply to: ""Local recurrence" is not equal to "Local dissemination" after resection for hepatocellular carcinoma".
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary-pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shindoh
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary-pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Surgery, Japan Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary-pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: KOKUDO-2SU@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokudo
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery