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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2007 37(3):233-240; doi:10.1093/jjco/hym012
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© 2007 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

First International Symposium of Current Issues for Nationwide Survey of Primary Liver Cancer in Korea, Taiwan and Japan

Kenichi Takayasu1,, Byung Ihn Choi2, Chung-Kwe Wang3,8, Iwao Ikai4, Kiwamu Okita5, Ran-Chou Chen6,8, Hoi-Wan Lo7,8 and Pao-Huei Chen7,8

1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
2 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, The Korean Liver Cancer Study Group, Seoul, South Korea
3 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
4 Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, The Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan, Kyoto, Japan
5 Social Insurance Alliance Shimonoseki Kohsei Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan
6 Department of Internal Medicine and Radiology, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
7 Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
8 The Liver Cancer Study Group of Taiwan

For reprints and all correspondence: Kenichi Takayasu, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. E-mail: ktakayas@ncc.go.jp

Received December 10, 2006; accepted December 18, 2006

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   INTRODUCTION
 
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignant neoplasm in the world and causes nearly 500,000 deaths per year (1). This cancer is attributable mainly to hepatic B virus (HBV) infection in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, and C virus (HCV) in Japan, Europe, and the USA. The prognosis still remains poor because of the advanced stage of cancer and associated hepatic impairment at diagnosis and because of the high recurrence rate.

The 1st International Symposium of Current Issues for Nationwide Survey of Primary Liver Cancer in Korea, Taiwan and Japan was held at the 42nd Annual Meeting of Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan in Tokyo on 6–7 July 2007. In this symposium, dedicated discussion was carried out by Drs B.I. Choi, C.K. Wang, I. Ikai and K. Okita (chair person) regarding the basic and clinical studies that were mainly based on the data by the Liver . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   CURRENT ISSUES FOR NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF PRIMARY LIVER CANCER IN KOREA
 
Epidemiology
Screening and Diagnosis
Treatment
Practice guidelines

   PRIMARY LIVER CANCER IN TAIWAN
 

   CURRENT ISSUES IN A NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF PRIMARY LIVER CANCER IN JAPAN
 
Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Prognostic Indicators of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Future Issues

   DISCUSSION, PERSPECTIVE AND CONCLUSIONS
 
Systematization of Liver Cancer Study Group in Korea, Taiwan and Japan
Epidemiology
Etiology
Surveillance System
Algorism of Imaging Diagnosis
Five Year Survival Rate for Each Treatment
Evaluation of Liver Function
Staging System
Integrated System
Publication of Guideline for Management
Perspective and Conclusion

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