EASL HCC summit: liver cancer management

Future Oncol. 2014 May;10(7):1129-32. doi: 10.2217/fon.14.68.

Abstract

EASL HCC Summit, Geneva, Switzerland, 13-16 February 2014. The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) organized the 2014 EASL HCC Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. We discuss here the most interesting and provocative contents from the clinical program of the summit. The objective of this segment was to provide an in-depth review on the different management issues related to early detection, diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, and, in addition, to highlight the ways of dealing with such an important and rapidly involving field.

Keywords: HCC; TACE; cost–effectivness; disease management; locoregional treatments; sorafenib.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy*
  • Early Detection of Cancer / methods
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents