Process of Revision of 2014 KLCSG-NCC Korea Practice Guideline for Management of HCC.

2003 July: Release of 2003 KLCSG-NCC Korea practice guideline for the management of HCC

2009 June: Release of 2009 KLCSG-NCC Korea practice guideline for the management of HCC

2013 June: The KLCSG Chairman (SW Paik) suggested revision of KLCSG-NCC Korea guidelines

2014 September: Funding from National Cancer Center, Korea for the 2014 HCC practice guideline revision (grant #1311250, P.I. JW Park)

2014 October: The KLCSG and NCC Korea approved the 2014 KLCSG-NCC Korea HCC Practice Guideline Revision Committee (PGRC)

2013 October: Opening and workshop of the HCC PGRC at Seoul National University Hospital

2013 November-2014 April: General meetings and communications between subcommittees

2014 April: Advisory board meeting

Advisory board members: Byung Ihn Choi (Seoul National University), Byung Chul Yoo (Sungkyunkwan University), Cheol Keun Park (Sungkyunkwan University), Kwang Hyub Han (Yonsei University), Hee Jung Wang (Ajou University), Yun Hwan Kim (Korea University), Kwan Sik Lee (Yonsei University), Seung Woon Paik (Sungkyunkwan University)

2014 May: Public hearing at Clinical Research Institution Auditorium, Seoul National University Hospital

2014 June: Both the KLCSG board of directors and NCC, Korea approved the final manuscript of HCC guidelines

2014 June 14: Release of 2014 KLCSG-NCC Korea Practice Guideline for the Management of HCC at the general meeting of KLCSG annual conference, Jeju province

HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma, KLCSG = Korean Liver Cancer Study Group, NCC = National Cancer Center