Prognostic Factors for Tumor Recurrence after a 12-Year, Single-Center Experience of Liver Transplantations in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Background. Factors affecting outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been extensively studied, but some of them have only recently been discovered or reassessed. Methods. We analyzed classical and more recently emerging variables with a hypothet...

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Main Authors: Matteo Cescon, Matteo Ravaioli, Gian Luca Grazi, Giorgio Ercolani, Alessandro Cucchetti, Valentina Bertuzzo, Gaetano Vetrone, Massimo Del Gaudio, Marco Vivarelli, Antonietta D'Errico-Grigioni, Alessandro Dazzi, Paolo Di Gioia, Augusto Lauro, Antonio Daniele Pinna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/904152