Akitaka Shibuya

TL;DR: An ablation zone with an ablative margin of 5 mm or greater was the most important factor for local control of hepatocellular carcinoma after radiofrequency ablation.

TL;DR: The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology revised the evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for liver cirrhosis in 2015 with use of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system and introduces selected clinical questions and statements related to the management of liver Cirrhosis and its complications.

TL;DR: HCC develops in old patients with advanced‐stage PBC, but HCC does not affect the patients' survival, and 3 factors are independently associated with the development of HCC: age at the time of diagnosis, male gender, and history of blood transfusion.

TL;DR: The present case indicates that troglitazone can induce hypersensitivity resulting in fulminant hepatitis and careful monitoring of serum liver enzymes during trog litazone therapy is therefore essential.

TL;DR: RT is a better first-line therapy than sorafenib in patients who have advanced unresectable HCC with PVTT and portal vein tumor thrombosis in the main trunk or the first branch.