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. 2014 Sep 23;5(1):16. doi: 10.1186/1878-5085-5-16

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It may be possible to build on the BCLC staging system platform with an IT system for personalized medicine (ITS-PM). The first goal will be, through enhanced screening, to have patients seek medical attention earlier in the course of their disease, so that they may enter the algorithm at a more favorable stage; i.e. a ‘shift to the left’. The second goal will be to improve outcomes through a better understanding of treatment subcategories, combined treatments and the effects of down-staging.