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Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Hepatoblastoma, and Cholangiocarcinomas

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Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Hepatobiliary Tract

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Staging of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other hepatobiliary cancers is critical for optimal treatment and a complex task that depends on multiple factors, such as tumor extent at diagnosis and liver function. In recent years, several staging systems have been developed that have markedly improved the methods to arrive at optimal risk stratification procedures and the formulation of novel treatment approaches. However, still no single staging system is successfully applicable to any patient with hepatobiliary cancer. Apart from HCC, intricate and highly reproducible staging systems have been developed for extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and hepatoblastoma.

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Zimmermann, A. (2017). Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Hepatoblastoma, and Cholangiocarcinomas. In: Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Hepatobiliary Tract. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26956-6_188

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