Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Validation of the UCSF‐Expanded Criteria Based on Preoperative Imaging

• Published in: American journal of transplantation Vol. 7; no. 11; pp. 2587 - 2596
• Main Authors: Yao, F. Y., Xiao, L., Bass, N. M., Kerlan, R., Ascher, N. L., Roberts, J. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2007; Blackwell
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - mortality; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - pathology; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - surgery; Cohort Studies; Disease-Free Survival; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Humans; Liver Neoplasms - mortality; Liver Neoplasms - pathology; Liver Neoplasms - surgery; liver transplantation; Liver Transplantation - mortality; Liver Transplantation - physiology; Liver, biliary tract, pancreas, portal circulation, spleen; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Medical sciences; Neoplasm Staging; Patient Selection; Probability; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the digestive system; Survival Analysis; Time Factors; Tumors; UCSF criteria; Validation; Digestive system; Hepatic disease; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Malignant tumor; Homotransplantation; Liver cancer; Treatment; Criterion; Surgery; Digestive diseases; Graft; Medical imagery; Preoperative; UCSF criteria; Expansion; Liver transplantation

We previously suggested that in patients with heptocellular carcinoma (HCC), the conventional Milan criteria (T1/T2) for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) could be modestly expanded based on pathology (UCSF criteria). The present study was undertaken to prospectively validate the UCSF criteria...