Transplantation for Hepatocellular carcinoma is there a tumor size limit?

The advent of tumor size based criteria (Milan and UCSF) for transplantation of Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) has facilitated access of tumor patients to transplantation. Recent success in transplanting patients with larger tumors (beyond UCSF) necessitates understanding of patient, tumor and biological criteria that determine successful outcome for HCC Transplantation across all size criteria.

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 17, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Daoud Ahmed, Teeter Larry, Ghobrial R. Mark, Graviss Edward, Mogawer Sherif, Sholkamy Amany, El-Shazli Mostafa, Gaber A. Osama Source Type: research