Living donor liver transplantation should be cautiously considered as initial treatment in recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma within the Milan criteria after curative liver resection
Author(s) -
Jong Man Kim,
JaeWon Joh,
NamJoon Yi,
GyuSeong Choi,
Choon Hyuck David Kwon,
KwangWoong Lee,
KyungSuk Suh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2020.02.170
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , radiofrequency ablation , milan criteria , percutaneous ethanol injection , liver transplantation , hepatectomy , gastroenterology , surgery , transplantation , ablation , resection
Long-term outcomes for patients with recurrent HCC within the MC do not differ with the first treatment strategies, except for PEI. Salvage LDLT does not prevent HCC recurrence, but it increases patient survival compared with the other treatment strategies.
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