Salvage liver transplantation is a reasonable option for selected patients who have recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver resection.

BACKGROUND: Salvage liver transplantation (SLT) has been reported as being feasible for patients who develop recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after primary liver resection, but this finding remains controversial. We retrospectively studied the clinical characteristics of SLT recipients and c...

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Main Authors: Zhenhua Hu, Jie Zhou, Xiaofeng Xu, Zhiwei Li, Lin Zhou, Jian Wu, Min Zhang, Shusen Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3344909?pdf=render