Open AccessLiver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: Is Clinical Tumor Classification before Transplantation Realistic?
Author(s) -
Georgios C. Sotiropoulos,
Massimo Malagò,
Ernesto P. Molmenti,
Andreas Paul,
Silvio Nadalin,
Eirini I. Brokalaki,
Hilmar Kühl,
Olaf Dirsch,
Hauke Lang,
Christoph E. Broelsch
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000152801.82734.74
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , cirrhosis , liver transplantation , transplantation , milan criteria , cadaveric spasm , radiology , surgery
The decision of whether to proceed with transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis is based on clinical and imaging findings. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the accuracy of the current system.