Table 1.

The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system.

BCLC stage	Performance status	Tumor features	Liver function
A1	0	Single <5 cm	No portal hypertension
A2	0	Single <5 cm	Portal hypertension, normal bilirubin
A3	0	Single <5 cm	Portal hypertension, abnormal bilirubin
A4	0	3 tumors <3 cm	Not applicable
B	0	Large multinodular	Child-Pugh A-B
C	1–2	Vascular invasion or metastases	Child-Pugh A-B
D	3–4	Any	Child-Pugh C