Multimodal therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A complementary approach to liver transplantation

Multimodal therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A complementary approach to liver transplantation

Objective. To evaluate the survival benefit of multimodal therapy for the treatment of HCC.Background. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is considered the treatment of choice for selected patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, donor organ shortages and patients whose HCCs exceed...

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Main Authors: P. Andrew Schumacher, James J. Powell, Andrea J. MacNeill, Andrzej K. Buczkowski, Siegfried R. Erb, Stephen G. Ho, Charles H. Scudamore, Urs P. Stembrecher, Alan Weiss, Eric Yoshida, Stephen W. Chung, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Liver resection
Radiofrequency ablation
Chemoembolization
Liver transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119316758

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