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Prognostic staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma (CLIP score): its value and limitations, and a proposal for a new staging system, the Japan Integrated Staging Score (JIS score)

M. Kudo, Hobyung Chung, Y. Osaki

2003.3.1JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

DOI: 10.1007/s005350300038

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A new staging system based on the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan, the Japan Integrated Staging (JIS) score is currently proposed in Japan and it is confirmed that the JIS score increases predictive efficacy, while remaining simple compared with the CLIP score.

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KUDO, M.; CHUNG, Hobyung; OSAKI, Y. Prognostic staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma (CLIP score): Its value and limitations, and a proposal for a new staging system, the Japan integrated staging score (JIS score). JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, 2003, 38: 207–215.