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Articles tagged "Hepatocellular carcinoma"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Intraoperative Blood Loss Is a Promoter of Early Tumor Recurrence in Liver Transplant Patients with High Risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

    A. Kornberg,1 U. Witt,1 J. Kornberg,2 H. Friess,1 K. Müller,3 K. Thrum.4

    1Surgery, Technical University, Munich, Germany; 2Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; 3FSU, Jena, Germany; 4Pathology, Helios-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.

    Background:Currently, there is an increasing body of evidence that risk of early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) relapse following liver transplantation (LT) may be promoted by mechanisms…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Traditionally Unacceptable Organs Promote Liver Transplantation in Patients with Long Waiting Times in the Share 35 Era.

    E. Siskind,1 T. MacDonald,2 R. Barth,1 J. LaMattina,1 D. Bruno,1 S. Hanish.1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.

    Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the most commonly granted MELD exception (M/E). Share 35 has disadvantaged this population. We have developed a strategy to use traditionally…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Analysis of Patients with Mixed Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma (HCC-CCA) Undergoing Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Matched Cohort Analysis.

    K. Lunsford, M. Harlander-Locke, J. Gornbein, A. Zarrinpar, F. Kaldas, H. Yersiz, D. Farmer, R. Busuttil, V. Agopian.

    Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    Liver transplant (LT) is the gold standard for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but is contraindicated in known HCC-CCA due to poor prognosis. We compared posttransplant oncologic…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Hepatocellular Carcinoma Decreases Chance of Successful HCV Therapy in the Current Era.

    S. Prenner, L. VanWagner, L. Kulik.

    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

    Background: The efficacy of direct acting antiviral agents (DAA) for hepatitis C (HCV) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is limited. We hypothesized that virology…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Analysis of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Living-Donor Liver Transplantation.

    D. Kim, G. Na, T. Hong, Y. You.

    Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.

    Purpose: For living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT), there has been a tendency to accept extended criteria in comparison with deceased-donor liver transplantation (DDLT). However, HCC recurrence…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Is Pretransplant Determination of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tumor Grade Using Needle Biopsy Reliable for Transplant Candidate Selection? Analysis of 217 Liver Transplant Recipients.

    C. Court, M. Harlander-Locke, D. Markovic, F. Kaldas, A. Zarrinpar, D. Farmer, S. Sho, J. Tomlinson, J. Hiatt, R. Busuttil, V. Agopian, D. Lu, S. Raman.

    Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    Objective: Despite the prognostic significance of tumor grade and vascular invasion for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), preoperative needle biopsy (PNB) is not routinely utilized…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Predictive Value of Preoperation Serum Gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prognosis After Liver Transplantation.

    S. Fu, Q. Zhao, M. Chen, L. Wu, Q. Ren, F. Ji, Z. Guo, X. He.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

    Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative serum gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GGT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) underwent liver…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Influence of Rising Lab MELD on Vascular Invasion in HCC.

    K. Halazun, E. Przybyszewski, E. Verna, B. Samstein, A. Fox, R. Brown, J. Emond.

    Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, NY.

    Background Vascular invasion (VI) is one of the most important predictors of HCC recurrence. Although attempts to identify predictors of VI have been made, datasets…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Selection of Patients with Solitary Lesion of Hepatocellular Cancer for Liver Transplantation.

    M. Grąt,1 J. Stypułkowski,1 W. Patkowski,1 K. Wronka,1 M. Wasilewicz,2 K. Grąt,3 L. Masior,1 M. Krasnodębski,1 Z. Lewandowski,4 M. Krawczyk.1

    1Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 2Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Liver and Internal Medicine Unit, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 3Second Department of Clinical Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 4Department of Epidemiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

    Milan criteria are considered as benchmark for selection of patients with hepatocellular cancer (HCC) for liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Visceral Adiposity Is Associated with Increased Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Liver Transplantation.

    A. Mathur, L. Boyangzi, M. Prince, J. Guarrera, B. Samstein, A. Griesemer, K. Halazun, T. Kato, J. Emond.

    Abdominal Transplant, Columbia University, Ny, NY.

    IntroductionObesity has become a worldwide epidemic. The number of patients with HCC undergoing Orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) is rising. Epidemiologic evidence suggests a link between…
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