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Liver Transplantation for Treatment of Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Author(s) -
AHLMAN HÅKAN,
FRIMAN STYRBJÖRN,
CAHLIN CHRISTIAN,
NILSSON OLA,
JANSSON SVANTE,
WÄNGBERG BO,
OLAUSSON MICHAEL
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1294.029
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , neuroendocrine tumors , transplantation , disease , oncology , surgery
A bstract : Liver transplantation can be considered a therapeutic option for patients with neuroendocrine tumors only metastatic to the liver. Important selection criteria are well‐differentiated tumors and a low proliferation rate (Ki67 <10%). In this series, orthopic liver transplantation offered good relief of symptoms and long disease‐free intervals with initial survival of grafts and patients as in benign disease. The experience with multivisceral transplantation is still limited.