Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Precision Medicine Era: From Treatment Stage Migration to Therapeutic Hierarchy

Alessandro Vitale, Franco Trevisani, Fabio Farinati, Umberto Cillo – 16 February 2020 – Treatment allocation is extremely complex in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) because this neoplasm arises, in most cases, in patients with cirrhosis and additional comorbidities. The “stage hierarchy” approach, which involves linking each stage (or substage) of the disease to a specific treatment, has become the main proposed treatment strategy for the clinical management of HCC, particularly in the West.

Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Precision Medicine Era: From Treatment Stage Migration to Therapeutic Hierarchy

Alessandro Vitale, Franco Trevisani, Fabio Farinati, Umberto Cillo – 16 February 2020 – Treatment allocation is extremely complex in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) because this neoplasm arises, in most cases, in patients with cirrhosis and additional comorbidities. The “stage hierarchy” approach, which involves linking each stage (or substage) of the disease to a specific treatment, has become the main proposed treatment strategy for the clinical management of HCC, particularly in the West.

Fecal Microbiome Distinguishes Alcohol Consumption From Alcoholic Hepatitis But Does Not Discriminate Disease Severity

Ekaterina Smirnova, Puneet Puri, Mark D. Muthiah, Kalyani Daitya, Robert Brown, Naga Chalasani, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Vijay H. Shah, Kayla Gelow, Mohammed S. Siddiqui, Sherry Boyett, Faridoddin Mirshahi, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Patrick Gillevet, Arun J. Sanyal – 14 February 2020

Role of Molecular Biomarkers in Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Johann Felden, Augusto Villanueva – 14 February 2020 – Patient selection and organ allocation for liver transplantation (LT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) relies predominantly on clinical parameters, such as tumor burden (ie, radiological imaging). Patients transplanted within Milan criteria have outstanding outcomes with a 5‐ and 10‐year survival of 70% and 55%, respectively. Tumor recurrence after transplantion is rare in these patients (10%); however, treatment options upon recurrence are generally limited, and outcomes are poor.

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