Wait Time of < 6 and > 18 Months Predicts Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Liver Transplantation: Proposing a Wait Time “Sweet Spot”

BACKGROUND: It has been postulated that short wait time before liver transplant (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) results in the inclusion of tumors with aggressive biology, but prolonged wait time could result in a shift to more aggressive tumor behavior. We therefore test the hypothesis that...

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Published in:Transplantation
Main Authors: Mehta, Neil, Heimbach, Julie, Lee, David, Dodge, Jennifer L., Harnois, Denise, Burns, Justin, Sanchez, William, Roberts, John P., Yao, Francis Y.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568965/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28353492
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000001752
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