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Articles tagged "Hepatocellular carcinoma"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Glasgow Prognostic Score and Its Variants Predict Mortality in Living Donor but Not in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Double-Center Validation Study.

    A. Kaltenborn,1 J. Gwiasda,1 N. Heits,2 F. Braun,2 H. Schrem.1

    1Core Facility Quality Management Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; 2Department of General, Visceral-, Thoracic-, Transplantation- and Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

    The notion that inflammation parameters such as CRP and albumin might have an influence on outcome in malignant disease is gaining interest. Serum CRP- and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Beneficial Effects of mTOR Inhibitors on Liver Resident Natural Killer Cells.

    J. Saparbay, Y. Tanaka, T. Yano, H. Ohdan.

    Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    (Background) The immunosuppressive regimen currently used after organ transplantation reduces adaptive components. Therefore, the innate immune cells play pivotal roles in immune surveillance and defense…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Incidental Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Explanted Livers: An Assessment After LIRADS Introduction.

    S. Garcia Aroz,1 D. Ludwig,2 K. Fowler,2 N. Vachharajani,1 M. Xu,1 Y. Lin,1 M. Doyle,1 W. Chapman.1

    1Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; 2Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

    Background: Despite new technologies and improvements in imaging diagnosis, incidental and misdiagnosed hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) are entities that remain present and problematic in liver transplantation.Methods:…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Proposal for HCC Exception Points to Match Drop Out Risk.

    H. Yeh,3 M. Akan,1 N.-H. Leung,2 J. Markmann,3 S. Tayur.1

    1CMU, Pittsburgh; 2City U, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 3MGH, Boston

    Background: Recent changes in HCC exception point policy aims to equalize wait list outcomes between HCC and non-HCC patients, but remains dissociated from tumor biology.…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    A New Strategy for Loco-Regional Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation.

    T. Uemura,1 A. Kirichenko,2 M. Bunker,3 M. Vincent,1 L. Machado,1 A. Singhal,1 N. Thai.1

    1Transplant Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh; 2Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh; 3Pathology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh

    Background: Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or radiofrequency ablation are often used as local Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) treatment while waiting for a liver transplant (LTx). However, it…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Exception Scores for Patients on the Liver Waiting List.

    T. Weaver,1 D. Schladt,1 M. Skeans,1 J. Pyke,1 J. Zeglin,1 S. Leppke,1 A. Israni,1,2 B. Kasiske,1,2 W. Kim,3 J. Lake.4

    1Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN; 2Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 3Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 4University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    Liver waitlist candidates are prioritized for allocation using model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores, and some patients receive higher MELD scores through exception. The…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Recurrent HCC After Radiofrequency Ablation or Liver Resection Can Be Effectively Treated with Salvage Transplantation.

    H. Muaddi,1 D. Al-Adra,1 J. Shaw,1 D. Grant,1 P. Greig,1 I. McGilvray,1 M. Cattral,1 A. Wei,1 C.-A. Moulton,1 J. Kachura,2 R. Beecroft,2 M. Selzner,1 A. Ghanekar,1 S. Gallinger,1 S. Cleary,1 G. Sapisochin.1

    1General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background:Liver resection (LR) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) represent curative therapies for early stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). If tumour recurrence occurs, salvage liver transplant (SLT)…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    HCV Eradication with DAA Therapy Should Be Attempted Prior to Liver Transplantation and Does Not Impact HCC Recurrence.

    J. Emamaullee, M. Bral, G. Meeberg, A. Montano-Loza, V. Bain, D. Bigam, N. Kneteman, A. Shapiro.

    University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Background: Recent advances in the direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment of HCV have lead to high rates of HCV eradication, even in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Current Treatments for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

    Z. Guo, Z. Zheng, X. He, G. Chen.

    The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Purpose: Numerous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) concerning treatments for small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been reported. Herein, we conducted a network meta-analysis integrating current evidence…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Outcome After Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Elderly Patients > 65 Years: Assessing the Long Term Survival.

    A. Thorat, S.-C. Hsu, L.-B. Jeng, H.-R. Yang, P.-C. Li, C.-C. Yeh, T.-H. Chen, K.-S. Poon.

    Organ Transplantation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Background:In Asia, the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is most common cancer. Despite of the surveillance most tumors are diagnosed at late stages and thus HCC continues…
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