Raj Vuppalanchi, Mohammad S. Siddiqui, Mark L. Van Natta, Erin Hallinan, Danielle Brandman, Kris Kowdley, Brent A. Neuschwander‐Tetri, Rohit Loomba, Srinivas Dasarathy, Manal Abdelmalek, Edward Doo, James A. Tonascia, David E. Kleiner, Arun J. Sanyal, Naga Chalasani, for the NASH Clinical Research Network – 31 August 2017 – Vibration‐controlled transient elastography estimates liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP), which are noninvasive assessments of hepatic fibrosis and steatosis, respectively.

Jan Pfeiffenberger, Sandra Beinhardt, Daniel N. Gotthardt, Nicola Haag, Clarissa Freissmuth, Ulrike Reuner, Annika Gauss, Wolfgang Stremmel, Michael L. Schilsky, Peter Ferenci, Karl Heinz Weiss – 31 August 2017 – Wilson's disease (WD) is a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism causing toxic hepatic and neural copper accumulation. Clinical symptoms vary widely, from asymptomatic disease to acute liver failure or chronic liver disease with or without neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Alexander Wree, Maria Eugenia Inzaugarat, Ariel E. Feldstein – 31 August 2017

Laura Kulik, Julie K. Heimbach, Feras Zaiem, Jehad Almasri, Larry J Prokop, Zhen Wang, M. Hassan Murad, Khaled Mohammed – 31 August 2017 – Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are listed for liver transplantation (LT) are often treated while on the waiting list with locoregional therapy (LRT), which is aimed at either preventing progression of HCC or reducing the measurable disease burden of HCC in order to receive increased allocation priority. We aimed to synthesize evidence regarding the effectiveness of LRT in the management of patients with HCC who were on the LT waitlist.

Patricia C. Valery, Mathieu Laversanne, Paul J. Clark, Jessica L. Petrick, Katherine A. McGlynn, Freddie Bray – 31 August 2017 – Primary liver cancer (PLC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and the second most common cause of cancer death. Future predictions can inform health planners and raise awareness of the need for cancer control action. We predicted the future burden of PLC in 30 countries around 2030. Incident cases of PLC (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, C22) were obtained from 30 countries for 1993‐2007.

Laura Kulik, Julie K. Heimbach, Feras Zaiem, Jehad Almasri, Larry J Prokop, Zhen Wang, M. Hassan Murad, Khaled Mohammed – 31 August 2017 – Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are listed for liver transplantation (LT) are often treated while on the waiting list with locoregional therapy (LRT), which is aimed at either preventing progression of HCC or reducing the measurable disease burden of HCC in order to receive increased allocation priority. We aimed to synthesize evidence regarding the effectiveness of LRT in the management of patients with HCC who were on the LT waitlist.

Filipe S. Cardoso, Michelle Gottfried, Shannan Tujios, Jody C. Olson, Constantine J. Karvellas, For the US Acute Liver Failure Study Group – 31 August 2017 – Hyperammonemia has been associated with intracranial hypertension and mortality in patients with acute liver failure (ALF). We evaluated the effect of renal replacement therapy (RRT) on serum ammonia level and outcomes in ALF. This was a multicenter cohort study of consecutive ALF patients from the United States ALF Study Group registry between January 1998 and December 2016.

George V. Papatheodoridis, Spilios Manolakopoulos, Tung‐Hung Su, Spyros Siakavellas, Chun‐Jen Liu, Anastasia Kourikou, Hung‐Chih Yang, Jia‐Horng Kao – 31 August 2017 – Relapses are observed in most hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)‐negative chronic hepatitis B patients who discontinue treatment with nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs); however, the rates of relapse vary widely among studies, and whether all patients with relapse need retreatment is unclear.

Raouf E. Nakhleh – 30 August 2017

Matthew J. Armstrong, on behalf of BASL and the Dame Sheila Sherlock Award 2016 – 30 August 2017