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Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma exceeding conventional criteria: Questions, answers and demands for a common language

✍ Scribed by Pietro Majno; Vincenzo Mazzaferro

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 123 KB
Volume: 12
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20808

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✦ Synopsis

In this issue of Liver Transplantation two studies bring new data to the topic of living-donor transplantation (LDLT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), offering the opportunity for some comments. 1,2 Since LDLT became available, two concerns have puzzled hepatologists and surgeons involved with HCC.

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