• Chair of the Oncology Committee of Egyptian health council Guidelines: Prof Hussein Khaled. 

• The Oncology Committee Members: Emad Hamada, Samir Shehata, Hesham Elghazaly, Hesham Tawfik, Fouad Abuotaleb, Ebtesam Saad Eldin, Ihab Khalil, Khaled Abdelkarim, Lobna ezz Elarab, Mary Gamal, Mohamed Abdel Mooti, Mohamed Gamil, Nervana Hussein, Ola Khorshid, Omar Sherif Omar, Rasha Fahmi, Rasha Shaltout, Yousri Wasef & Yousri Rostom. 

• Chair of the HCC Scientific Committee: Yousri Rostom 

• The HCC Scientific Group Members: Amr Abdel Moety, Ashraf Omar, Gamal Esmat, Hussein Khaled, Fouad Aboutaleb, Khaled Abdelkarim, Mahmoud Elmetainy, Mary Gamal, Mohamed Shaker, Osama Elmalt, & Yousri Wasef. 

➡️ Abbreviations 

AFP (alphafetoprotein)

ALT(alanine aminotransferase)

AST(aspartate aminotransferase)

CBC (complete blood picture) BCLC (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer)   cHCC-CCA (combined  hepatocellularcarcinoma-cholangiocarcinoma).

CT (computed tomography) 

ECOG (eastern cooperative oncology group) 

FDG-PET Scan (fluorodeoxyglucose -positron emission tomography scan)

HbA1c(hemoglobin A1c or glycosylated hemoglobin)

HBV (hepatitis B virus) 

HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) HCV (hepatitis virus)

iCCA (intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma)

INR (international normalized ratio) MDT (multi disciplinary team) 

mRECIST(modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) 

MWA (microwave ablation) 

NAFLD (non alcoholic fatty liver disease) 

PET (positron emission tomography) 

PT (prothrombin time)

PS (performance status) 

RECIST (response evaluation criteria in solid tumors) 

RFA (radiofrequency ablation) 

RT (radiotherapy) 

SBRT (stereotactic body radiotherapy) 

SRS (stereotactic radio surgery)

UNOS (united network for organ sharing)

TACE (trans arterial chemoemblisation) 

TARE (transarterial radio embolization)