Table 7. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons - AHPBA Recommendations Regarding Surgical Management of HPB Cancer Patients During the Response to the COVID-19 Crisis (https://www.sages.org/sages-ahpba-recommendations-surgical-management-of- hpb-cancer-covid-19/).
| Organ | Clinical Situation | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III |
| Liver | HCC Very early stage (0)/Early Stage (A)/< 3 cm * For later stages consider TACE, Medical therapy, supportive care as appropriate |
Consider ablation/resection/trans- plant as appropriate | Consider TACE, ablation, or obser- vation (ie delay of definitive tx) | |
| Colorectal mets | Consider chemotherapy vs. resec- tion | Chemotherapy | ||
| Biliary | Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma | Consider chemotherapy vs. resec- tion | Consider chemotherapy, embolic therapy | |
| Hilar cholangiocarcinoma | Stenting as indicated. Resection, transplantation as indi- cated |
Stenting as indicated. Consider chemotherapy, chemo- radiation, and/or transfer |
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| Pancreatic and extra-hepatic biliary | Resectable | Resection or consider chemother- apy | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | |
| Borderline | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | |||
| Pancreatic IPMN, cysts, low-mod grade neuroendocrine neoplasms | All: observation (i.e. delay surgical management) Neuroendocrine: if metastatic or progressing, consider targeted therapy | |||