A1 British Journal of Surgery

BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is advancing, but a robust prediction model for survival after resection is not available. The aim of this study was to propose a prognostic grading system for resection of HCC. METHODS: This was a retrospective, multicentre study of patients who underwent first resection of HCC with curative intent between 2000 and 2007. Patients were divided randomly by a cross-validation method into training and validation sets...

Anguilla is the most northerly of the Leeward Islands, situated at 63.05 W, 18.12 N for those of my colleagues still able to afford a boat with transatlantic capability after the new contract, and wishing to visit. Sixteen miles long and three and a half miles wide at its widest point, Anguilla is an independent British Crown Colony, and home to around 7000 citizens, mainly of African descent and some of Irish descent. It is an uncrowded, easy-to-explore island with a spinal road running the length of the island, and 'natural' roads leading to the beaches and some villages...