South Korean patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) showed significant variations in adherence to treatment guidelines over the study period of 2008-2016. Adherence to guidelines, particularly those recommended by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), declined over time. However, adherence to the guidelines of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) remained consistently high. Curative treatments such as liver resection, liver transplantation, or radiofrequency ablation significantly improved survival compared to adherence to guidelines, highlighting the impact of guideline adherence on the prognosis of stage B HCC in South Korea.
Journal Article by Han JE, Cho HJ (…) Kim SS et 5 al. in World J Gastroenterol
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