Evaluating the Ability of the New Subclassification to Prognosticate Outcomes Following Hepatectomy for Patients with HBV-Related HCC.

Background: Recently, experts proposed subclassification for BCLC B patients. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficient of subclassification of patients with hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system.

Methods: Seven hundred twenty-nine consecutive hepatitis B virus-related HCC patients with BCLC stage B classification who underwent hepatectomy in the period 2006-2012 were retrospectively analyzed.

Prognosis in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis.

Background/aims: To evaluate the impact of anatomic and non-anatomic liver resection on prognosis of patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using a meta-analysis.

Methodology: Literature on anatomic versus non-anatomic liver resection for the treatment of small HCC published in public was retrieved.

Results: Four non-randomized controlled trials studies were included in this analysis.