Title: Current status of and barriers to the treatment of advanced-stage liver cancer in China: A
questionnaire-based study from the perspective of doctors
Version: 1 Date: 30 Apr 2022
Reviewer's report:
This is a cross-sectional survey based on online-questionnaire submitted to doctors all around
China that focuses on liver cancer treatment. Its main purpose is to  investigate differences in
treatments' choice, availability,  and satisfaction among different economic regions, levels of
hospitals and doctors' experience.
Overall, the study is well conducted and interesting. However, as mentioned by the authors at the
end of their discussion, the major limit of this study is not including surgery amongst the different
treatments option.  In fact, although most patients are generally diagnosed at an advanced stage,
still there is a conspicuous proportion of the population who could be eligible for surgery as well
as loco-regional treatments. In my opinion, investigating the availability of surgery in different
economic regions throughout China would have added quality to the survey's results.
Having considered this, I would specify in both the title and in the introduction that the study
focuses only on advanced liver cancer treatment options.
To conclude, Tables 2, 3 and 4 are extremely wide, resulting difficult for the reader to extract
information. Maybe enlightening relevant results would help the interpretation.
Title: Current status of and barriers to the treatment of advanced-stage liver cancer in China: A
questionnaire-based study from the perspective of doctors
Version: 1 Date: 30 Apr 2022
Reviewer's report:
This is a cross-sectional survey based on online-questionnaire submitted to doctors all around
China that focuses on liver cancer treatment. Its main purpose is to  investigate differences in
treatments' choice, availability,  and satisfaction among different economic regions, levels of
hospitals and doctors' experience.
Overall, the study is well conducted and interesting. However, as mentioned by the authors at the
end of their discussion, the major limit of this study is not including surgery amongst the different
treatments option.  In fact, although most patients are generally diagnosed at an advanced stage,
still there is a conspicuous proportion of the population who could be eligible for surgery as well
as loco-regional treatments. In my opinion, investigating the availability of surgery in different
economic regions throughout China would have added quality to the survey's results.
Having considered this, I would specify in both the title and in the introduction that the study
focuses only on advanced liver cancer treatment options.
To conclude, Tables 2, 3 and 4 are extremely wide, resulting difficult for the reader to extract
information. Maybe enlightening relevant results would help the interpretation.
Please review this paper.
user
Title: Current status of and barriers to the treatment of advanced-stage liver cancer in China: A
questionnaire-based study from the perspective of doctors
Version: 1 Date: 30 Apr 2022
Reviewer's report:
This is a cross-sectional survey based on online-questionnaire submitted to doctors all around
China that focuses on liver cancer treatment. Its main purpose is to  investigate differences in
treatments' choice, availability,  and satisfaction among different economic regions, levels of
hospitals and doctors' experience.
Overall, the study is well conducted and interesting. However, as mentioned by the authors at the
end of their discussion, the major limit of this study is not including surgery amongst the different
treatments option.  In fact, although most patients are generally diagnosed at an advanced stage,
still there is a conspicuous proportion of the population who could be eligible for surgery as well
as loco-regional treatments. In my opinion, investigating the availability of surgery in different
economic regions throughout China would have added quality to the survey's results.
Having considered this, I would specify in both the title and in the introduction that the study
focuses only on advanced liver cancer treatment options.
To conclude, Tables 2, 3 and 4 are extremely wide, resulting difficult for the reader to extract
information. Maybe enlightening relevant results would help the interpretation.
assistant