Fig. 4.
HCC stage distribution and histologic confirmation status by reported first course surgery, diagnosis years 1998-2007*† * Transplant, resection, and local tumor destruction groups exclude 31 cases with unspecified surgery and 451 cases with equivocal data regarding surgery. †Database: Incidence in SEER-13 Registries, Research Data, Nov 2010 Submission (1998-2008)