Open AccessOutcomes of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Beyond the University of California San Francisco Criteria: A Single-center Experience
Author(s) -
David W. Victor,
Howard Paul Monsour,
Maha Boktour,
Keri E. Lunsford,
Julius Balogh,
Edward A. Graviss,
Duc T. Nguyen,
Robert McFadden,
Mukul K. Divatia,
Kirk Heyne,
Victor AnkomaSey,
Chukwuma Egwim,
Joseph Galati,
Andrea Duchini,
Ashish Saharia,
Constance M. Mobley,
A. Osama Gaber,
Rafik M. Ghobrial
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000002835
Subject(s) - medicine , milan criteria , hepatocellular carcinoma , liver transplantation , demographics , transplantation , single center , surgery , oncology , demography , sociology
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant liver tumor. Currently, liver transplantation may be the optimal treatment for HCC in cirrhotic patients. Patient selection is currently based on tumor size. We developed a program to offer liver transplantation to selected patients with HCC outside of traditional criteria.