Effects of the Share 35 Rule on Waitlist and Liver Transplantation Outcomes for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Several studies have investigated the effects following the implementation of the "Share 35" policy; however none have investigated what effect this policy change has had on waitlist and liver transplantation (LT) outcomes for hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).Data were obtained from the UNOS...

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Main Authors: Kristopher P Croome, David D Lee, Denise Harnois, C Burcin Taner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5266291?pdf=render