Temporal trends and regional variations in hepatocellular carcinoma etiology: a multinational study across Asia
Distinct regional patterns and temporal changes in HCC etiology across Asia highlight the need for tailored prevention and surveillance measures. The growing burden of MAFLD-related HCC emphasizes its emerging role in liver cancer development, particularly in regions with declining viral hepatitis.
Authors
- Taya Kitiyakara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7938-1752)
- Barjesh Chander Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5878-2661)
- Yasuhide Motoyoshi
- Asiye Coşar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-9763)
- S. Shiina
- Mayuko Kondo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-0672)
- Hiroaki Nagamatsu
- Supot Nimanong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7518-0267)
- Meral AKDOĞAN
- Amarsanaa Jazag
- Wattana Sukeepaisarnjareon
- Chun‐Yao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-7879)
- D CRAWFORD
- Shinichiro Okabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1339-0461)
- Alp Atasoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1791-897X)
- Murat KEKiLLi
- Murat M. M. Harputluoglu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-147X)
- Hirofumi Kogure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2355-7309)
- Tomohiro Katsumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5670-7505)
- Muhammet Cem Koçkar
- Imelda Maria Loho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8871-1514)
- Yu Ming-Lung
- M. Hur
- İbrahim Halil Bahçecioğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9705-8281)
- Makoto Moriyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3766-2146)
- Lianda - Siregar
- Masatoshi Akamatsu
- Naoya Kanogawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7821-6109)
- Necati Örmecİ
- Kessarin Thanapirom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2333-1702)
- Diana A. Payawal
- Sadahisa Ogasawara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6540-9064)
- Hakan Dursun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0045-7898)
- Takahisa Sato
- Yasuto Takeuchi
- Osamu Yokosuka
- Jose Luis Matthias Z. Sollano
- Jin Mo Yang
- Gupse Adali
- Erdenebayar Gonchig
- Hayriye Dilan Kızıl
- M. Otsuka
- Atsumasa Komori
- Dilara Turan Gokce
- Kyoko Oura
- Koji Uchino
- G Bilican
- Teerha Piratvisuth
- Makoto Okamoto
- Ryosuke Tateishi
- Jia-Horng Kao
- S. H. H. Nababan
- George Lau
- Hideo Yoshida
- Shuntaro Obi
- Ming Yang
- Jinlin Hou
- Ji-Dong Jia
- Kendal Yalcin
- Hitoshi Mochizuki
- Yasemin Balaban
- Tawesak Tanwandee
- Lai Wei
- Yoon Jung Kim
- Yi-Hsiang Huang
- A. Kadir Dokmeci
- Asahiro Morishita
- Dong Jin Su
- Pisit Tangkijvanich
- Irsan Hasan
- Masao Omata
- Ryota Masuzaki
- Shiv Kumar Sarin
- Hale Gokcan
- Cosmas Rinaldi Lesmana
- Yuki Matsushita
- Ahmet Tarik Eminler
- Rino Alvani Gani
- Han-Chieh Lin
Institutions
- Sakarya University (TR)
- Nihon University (JP)
- Yamagata University (JP)
- Dicle University (TR)
- University of Santo Tomas Hospital (PH)
- Bahçeşehir University (TR)
- Prince of Songkla University (TH)
- Siriraj Hospital (TH)
- Fırat University (TR)
- Ankara University (TR)
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- Chiba University (JP)
- Karadeniz Technical University (TR)
- Okayama University (JP)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Khon Kaen University (TH)
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Inonu University (TR)
- Kagawa University (JP)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital (TH)
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Seoul National University Hospital (KR)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TW)
- Our Lady of Fatima University (PH)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (MN)
- Humanity & Health (CN)
- Okayama University Hospital (JP)
- Nanfang Hospital (CN)
- Japanese Red Cross Medical Center (JP)
- University of Tokyo Hospital (JP)
- Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Nagasaki Medical Center (JP)
- Matsudo City Hospital (JP)
- Suleyman Demirel University (KZ)
- Daehang Hospital (KR)
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (IN)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Mitsui Memorial Hospital (JP)
- Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center (JP)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
- Ramathibodi Hospital (TH)
- Beijing Friendship Hospital (CN)
- Dharmais Cancer Hospital (ID)
- Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Hospital (CN)
- Siloam Eye Hospital (KR)
- Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Nasional Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo (ID)
- JR Tokyo General Hospital (JP)
- Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital (IN)
- Yonsei University Health System (KR)
- Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital (JP)
- Ankara Bilkent City Hospital (TR)
- Istanbul Technical University (TR)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
- Atatürk University (TR)
- Hacettepe University (TR)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Gazi University (TR)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hepatology International
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-026-11037-z
- Primary Topic
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00