Open AccessMore Than Just Wait Time? Regional Differences in Liver Transplant Outcomes for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Rachel Hogen,
Mary Lo,
Joseph DiNorcia,
Lingyun Ji,
Yuri Genyk,
Linda Sher,
Kiran Dhanireddy
Publication year - 2019
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/tp.0000000000002248
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , liver transplantation , cumulative incidence , retrospective cohort study , transplantation , liver disease , incidence (geometry) , milan criteria , stage (stratigraphy) , model for end stage liver disease , survival analysis , surgery , oncology , paleontology , physics , biology , optics
Regional allocation of deceased donor livers has led to variable wait times for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients on the liver transplant list. The purpose of our study was to evaluate how regional differences in wait time affect outcomes for HCC patients.