Role of liver transplantation in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma
β Scribed by Singal, Amit ;Welling, Theodore H ;Marrero, Jorge A
- Book ID
- 120503369
- Publisher
- Expert Reviews
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 366 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1473-7140
- DOI
- 10.1586/era.09.5
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Resection remains the treatment of choice in liver cancer. In order to avoid liver transplantation in conventionally unresectable tumors ex-situ ("bench" procedure), in-situ and ante-situm resection technique should be preferred whenever feasible. Despite the deficiency of donor organs, a single cen
## Abstract The results obtained by liver transplantation (TX) (n = 105) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were compared with those achieved by hepatic resection (HX) (n = 76). Overall 1β to 5βyear survival rates after TX were 66%, 49%, 39%, 36%, and 36%, and those after HX were 71%, 55%, 47%, 37%