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Would portal hypertensive gastropathy or colopathy sway you away from using it?

From NCCN (Rectal MS-33): SBRT is a reasonable option for patients who cannot be resected or ablated. What is the role of SBRT versus microwave ablat...

Would you start with a baseline ultrasound and then pursue further workup such as fibroscan if fatty liver is present, or other?

For example, in patients who are HbSAg negative, anti-HBc positive and HbSAb negative, does vaccination reduce reactivation risk?

Will the results of the recently published randomized comparison of proton beam therapy (PBT) vs. transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) change the wa...

How do you sequence systemic treatment options for in patients with Child's Pugh B (or greater) in context of IMbrave150 and HIMALAYA? When do you in...

The patient already received PLADO+sorafenib, Y90, and Atezolizumab/Bevacizumab complicated by recurrent episodes of bleeding from esophageal varices....

Would you offer liver transplant in the setting of metastatic disease? 

In light of the SIRveNIB trial results and now IMbrave150, what is the role of intra-arterial therapy now?

Do you recommend TACE, RFA, radioembolization, systemic therapy or SBRT?  What if the size is >5 cm?

If so, for what platelet count threshold and do you have a preference as to which agent?

Is there a "best" way to approach treatment of the viral infection i.e concurrently with therapy, prior to therapy, delayed or post therapy? Does this...

Arterial events have clear instructions to permanently discontinue on the FDA label.  Especially in HCC without many other treatment options, giv...


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