Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) continues to present major challenges in management, which is further complicated by the presence of associated chronic liver disease. Key issues in surgical resection of HCC include the site, size, and number of lesions, the severity of the chronic liver disease, and the size of the functional liver remnant. De novo HCC in the absence of chronic liver disease can be treated by major liver resection with little risk of postoperative liver failure. Liver resection can also be used a bridge to liver transplantation as it affords the possibility of determining the pathologic grade of the tumortumor and its invasiveness, and thereby the prognosis. This review summarizes the current treatment approaches to surgical resection for HCC.
Keywords: AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; AFP/TTV, AFP to tumor volume; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; BCLC, barcelona clinic liver cancer; CT, computerized tomography; CTP, child-turcotte-pugh; CUSA, cavitary ultrasound suction aspirator; FDG-PET, fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; FLR, functioning liver remnant; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HPB, hepato-pancreato-biliary; HVPG, hepatic venous pressure gradient; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; PEI, percutaneous ethanol injection; POLT, primary orthotopic liver transplantation; PVE, portal vein embolization; RFA, radiofrequency ablation; TACE, transarterial chemoembolization; UCSF, University of California, San Francisco; hepatocellular carcinoma; liver cancer; liver tumor; resection; surgery.