Figure 1 Treatment algorithm for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (cited with permission from the Group formed to establish “Guidelines for evidence‐based clinical practice for the treatment of liver cancer”¹). *The presence of vascular invasion or extrahepatic metastasis is indicated separately. †Selected when the severity of liver damage is moderate and the tumour diameter is ⩽2 cm. ‡Tumour diameter ⩽5 cm, when there is only one tumour.