TABLE 4. Resection criteria for HCC.

No distant metastasis

Child A*

Absence of portal hypertension

Platelet count >100.000/mm 3 ;

Liver remnant estimated by CT volumetry of the liver larger than 50% in cirrhotic patients

MELD ≤11

Karnofsky ≥ 70 (ECOG 0 or 1).

* Rarely, Child B patients are operated, provided they have small HCC and the other conditions above are fulfilled; ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group