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Working groups

Nine thematic working groups, one per area of the hierarchy and its strategies, validated the search strategies and contribute to the programme. Each pairs senior experts with early-career researchers.

Steering committee

Alessandro VitalePrincipal investigator · DISCOG, University of Padua

Umberto CilloCo-principal investigator · DISCOG, University of Padua

Cristina CanovaSystematic-review biostatistics · University of Padua

Isabella RosatoSystematic-review biostatistics and working-group coordination · University of Padua

Enrico LongatoAI and computational unit · DISCOG, University of Padua

Mattia BalloAI and computational unit · DISCOG, University of Padua

Francesco Paolo RussoGastroenterology · DISCOG, University of Padua

Data extraction team

Sara Ascari, Marco Brolese, Nicoletta De Matthaeis, Ilaria Govoni, Pietro Guerra, Serena Marmaggi, Michele Montori, Virginia Padoan, Elisa Pinto, Leonardo Stella, Marina Strollo.

The nine working groups

WG1

Liver transplantation

Senior experts · 15

Quirino Lai, Chiara Mazzarelli, Martina Gambato, Mauro Viganò, Maria Rendina, Riccardo Pravisani, Fabio Melandro, Michele Finotti, Duilio Pagano, Luca Miele, Giuseppe Marrone, Marco Biolato, Davide Ghinolfi, Silvia Martini, Massimo De Giorgio

Early-career researchers · 4

Margherita Saracco, Leonardo Antonio Natola, Antonio Liguori, Annamaria Amodeo

WG2

Liver resection

Senior experts · 8

Simone Famularo, Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri, Luca Viganò, Daniele Nicolini, Fabrizio Romano, Mattia Garancini, Carlo Sposito, Umberto Baccarani

Early-career researchers · 3

Marianna Maspero, Pietro Matucci Cerinic, Luca Risi

WG3

Ablation

Senior experts · 5

Laura Crocetti, Gianpaolo Vidili, Francesco Giuseppe Foschi, Gianluca Svegliati Baroni, Francesco D’Amico

Early-career researchers · 5

Paola Scalise, Laura Maria Cacioppa, Lorenzo Braccischi, Luca Giampaolo, Marina Strollo

WG4

EBRT / SBRT

Senior experts · 5

Marta Scorsetti, Mauro Loi, Daniela Sibio, Luca Miele, Francesco Tovoli

Early-career researchers · 3

Antonio Liguori, Veronica Vernier, Nicoletta De Matthaeis

WG5

TACE / TARE

Senior experts · 3

Irene Bargellini, Matteo Renzulli, Cristina Mosconi

Early-career researchers · 7

Nicolò Brandi, Antonio Vizzuso, Elisa Pinto, Elena Marchese, Elena Bozzi, Lorenzo Braccischi, Nicoletta De Matthaeis

WG6

Systemic therapy

Senior experts · 8

Giuseppe Cabibbo, Lorenza Rimassa, Andrea Casadei Gardini, Francesca Romana Ponziani, Fabio Piscaglia, Francesco Paolo Russo, Rodolfo Sacco, Federica Villa

Early-career researchers · 7

Leonardo Stella, Silvia Camera, Endrit Shahini, Pietro Guerra, Ciro Celsa, Sara Ascari, Nicola Reggidori

WG7

Converse therapeutic hierarchy (sequential strategies)

Senior experts · 6

Edoardo Giovanni Giannini, Francesco Tovoli, Massimo Iavarone, David James Pinato, Marcello Persico, Maria Guarino

Early-career researchers · 6

Pietro Torre, Leonardo Antonio Natola, Endrit Shahini, Bernardo Stefanini, Silvia Cagnin, Lorenzo Canova

WG8

Patient values and preferences

Senior experts · 6

Alessandro Vitale, Giuseppina Brancaccio, Edoardo Giovanni Giannini, Andrea Dalbeni, Luca Miele, Giuseppe Marrone

Early-career researchers · 6

Marco Vicardi, Filippo Cattazzo, Antonio Liguori, Andrea Pasta, Andrea Martini, Eleonora Alimenti

WG9

Combination therapies

Senior experts · 6

Gianluca Svegliati Baroni, Filomena Morisco, Francesco Paolo Russo, Luca Miele, Giuseppe Marrone, Marco Biolato

Early-career researchers · 9

Chiara Suraci, Michele Montori, Federica Carlino, Giulia Grassetti, Nicolò Brandi, Antonio Vizzuso, Annamaria Amodeo, Mario Capasso, Elisa Pinto

Membership as of 4 November 2026. Several members belong to more than one group. Affiliations are listed in the published article. To join a working group, contact the scientific coordination: alessandro.vitale@unipd.it