Strict Selection Alone of Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Is Associated with Improved Survival.

Liver transplantation for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (hCCA) has regained attention since the Mayo Clinic reported their favorable results with the use of a neo-adjuvant chemoradiation protocol. However, debate remains whether the success of the protocol should be attributed to the neo-adjuvant therapy...

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Main Authors: Hendrik T J Mantel, Andrie C Westerkamp, René Adam, William F Bennet, Daniel Seehofer, Utz Settmacher, Francisco Sánchez-Bueno, Joan Fabregat Prous, Emmanuel Boleslawski, Styrbjörn Friman, Robert J Porte, European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4898828?pdf=render