{"id":8260,"date":"2025-10-30T03:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/?p=8260"},"modified":"2025-10-30T03:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:21:33","slug":"new-bclc-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/new-bclc-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"New BCLC Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2024, Dr. Ted Yanagihara traveled to Barcelona with Dr. Andrew Moon (UNC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology). They met with the Barcelona Cl\u00ednic Liver Cancer (BCLC) group to review a unique database of approximately 5,000 patients from different countries, all of whom had been treated with radiation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). That international collaboration has yielded key updates to the BCLC guidelines for liver cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Dr. Yanagihara said, &#8220;This has been a tremendous, multi-institutional collaboration that I have been very fortunate to be involved with and we are excited to see external beam radiation (EBRT) as a recommended treatment for select patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. In prior guidelines, EBRT has not been included in the core treatment algorithm, and this update represents a recognition of increasing data and general acceptance of EBRT as a safe and effective ablative therapy for HCC.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicbarcelona.org\/en\/news\/bclc-2025-guidelines-introduce-a-new-model-to-personalize-liver-cancer-treatment\">The full press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/815\/2025\/10\/@franciscoavia_Clinic_BarcelonaDSC_8524-240x142.jpg\" alt=\"A group of 16 doctors and scientists, standing in three rows, in suits and white coats.\" width=\"494\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/815\/2025\/10\/@franciscoavia_Clinic_BarcelonaDSC_8524-240x142.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/815\/2025\/10\/@franciscoavia_Clinic_BarcelonaDSC_8524-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/815\/2025\/10\/@franciscoavia_Clinic_BarcelonaDSC_8524-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/815\/2025\/10\/@franciscoavia_Clinic_BarcelonaDSC_8524-1536x911.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/815\/2025\/10\/@franciscoavia_Clinic_BarcelonaDSC_8524-2048x1214.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/815\/2025\/10\/@franciscoavia_Clinic_BarcelonaDSC_8524-600x356.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Yanagihara (second row, left) and the BCLC group. Photo courtesy of BCLC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2024, Dr. Ted Yanagihara traveled to Barcelona with Dr. Andrew Moon (UNC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology). They met with the Barcelona Cl\u00ednic Liver Cancer (BCLC) group to review a unique database of approximately 5,000 patients from different countries, all of whom had been treated with radiation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). 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