• Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P. R. China;
WANG Weilin, Email: wam@zju.edu.cn
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Liver cancer is one of the world’s most prevalent malignancies, and is also the third leading cause of cancer death in China. Hepatitis and cirrhosis background is a major feature of liver cancer patients in China, which makes specific requirements that suits the national conditions in many aspects of prevention and control like screening diagnosis, treatment options, and prognosis follow-up. The Specifications for Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer (2017 Edition), which is based on China’s practice, proposes liver cancer staging in line with China’s national conditions and forms a multi-disciplinary joint diagnosis and treatment model based on surgical treatment. Liver transplantation is included in liver cancer as one of the surgical treatments option. It also emphasizes the support of evidence-based medicine. The Specifications for Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer (2017 Edition) may have laid a solid foundation for future diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer in China.

Citation: WANG Weilin. Interpretation of Specifications for Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer (2017 Edition). West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(4): 385-387. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201804012 Copy

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