title: EWALT: East Meets West in a Multidisciplinary Setting to Improve the Management of Liver Tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Humanitas University, Hu-manitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torzilli
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex. USA.
authors.forename: Jean-Nicolas
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Vauthey
authors.affiliation: Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Department, Beaujon Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris VII University, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belghiti
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Liver Transplantation Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Humanitas University, Hu-manitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donadon
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Humanitas University, Hu-manitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Viganò
authors.affiliation: Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokudo
keywords: Clinical trials; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multidisciplinarity; Practice guidelines; Surgery