Comparison of the Usefulness of Three Staging Systems for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (CLIP, BCLC, and JIS) in Japan

Abstract

Overall, the CLIP and the JIS scoring systems proved to be suitable for patients in Japan with HCC. The CLIP staging systems proved to be more suitable before 1991. In contrast, the JIS system was the most suitable after 1990, when early detection and early treatment of HCC became common. The JIS system is, therefore, the appropriate system in this era of early detection and treatment of HCC.