Sustained Complete Response after Biological Downstaging in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: XXL-Like Prioritization for Liver Transplantation or “Wait and See” Strategy?

Sustained Complete Response after Biological Downstaging in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: XXL-Like Prioritization for Liver Transplantation or “Wait and See” Strategy?

The XXL trial represents the first prospective validation of “biological downstaging” in liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to compare the Padua downstaging protocol to the XXL protocol in terms of downstaging failure rates and patient outcome. A total...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Vitale, Federica Scolari, Alessandra Bertacco, Enrico Gringeri, Francesco D’Amico, Domenico Bassi, Francesco Enrico D’Amico, Paolo Angeli, Patrizia Burra, Quirino Lai, Umberto Cillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
hepatocellular carcinoma
liver transplantation
downstaging
complete response
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/10/2406

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