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Tobacco and liver transplantation: From medicine to surgery

โœ Scribed by Alain Braillon

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
36 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
1527-6465

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โœฆ Synopsis

Herrero et al. 1 have confirmed that active smoking is independently associated with a higher risk of malignancy after liver transplantation. 2 Unfortunately, in contrast to alcohol, the level of concern about this deadly addiction remains low: only 1 series is available. 3,4 Before transplantation, 17% of patients are active smokers (the rate is 52% for patients with alcoholic liver disease), and only one-third of these patients succeed in quitting. 4 It is likely that too few hepatologists are concerned about the early identification of patients who smoke and provide assistance to those who are trying to stop smoking. There is no excuse: in addition to all its deadly effects on health, smoking is an independent and doserelated factor contributing to hepatocellular carcinoma. 5

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