Figure 2.

Best and alternative first-line treatment options in 2022 KLCA-NCC Korea guidelines for patients with HCC, Child-Pugh class A, no portal hypertension, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0–1. KLCA-NCC, Korean Liver Cancer Association and National Cancer Center; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; mUICC, modified Union for International Cancer Control; VI, vascular or bile duct invasion; RFA, radiofrequency ablation; cTACE, conventional transarterial chemoembolization; TARE, transarterial radioembolization; Other local ablation included percutaneous ethanol injection, microwave ablation, and cryoablation; Vp, portal vein invasion; LT, liver transplantation; DEB-TACE, drug eluting bead-TACE; TACE included cTACE and DEB-TACE; HAIC, hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. Adopted from 2022 KLCA-NCC HCC guidelines [1].