Articles tagged "Hepatocellular carcinoma"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Listing for Liver Transplantation of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using the Extended Toronto Criteria; an Intention-to-Treat Analysis
G. Sapisochin, N. Goldaracena, J. Laurence, A. Barbas, M. Dib, A. Ghanekar, M. Selzner, L. Lilly, I. McGilvray, M. Cattral, E. Renner, P. Greig, D. Grant.
Multi-Organ Transplant, Toronto General Hospital. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
The role of liver transplantation for patients whose HCC exceeds Milan criteria remains controversial. At the University of Toronto, we have reported survivals of a…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Post Liver Transplant (LT) Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Recurrence Is 2-Fold Higher in Women Compared to Men With AFP Levels at LT Between 101-500
M. Sarkar,¹ J. Dodge,² F. Yao,¹ J. Roberts,² N. Terrault,¹ N. Mehta.¹
¹Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco; ²Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.
Gender differences in HCC incidence are known, with men at greater risk than women. Pre transplant AFP levels strongly predict post LT HCC recurrence, though…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Alpha-Fetoprotein as a Modifier of Anatomic Criteria for Transplantation of HCC Patients
A. Daoud,^1,3 M. Ghobrial,¹ L. Teeter,² E. Graviss,² E. Asham,¹ S. Burroughs,¹ A. Saharia,¹ C. Mobley,¹ S. Mogawer,³ A. Sholkamy,³ M. Elshazly,⁴ M. Boktour,¹ A. Gaber.¹
¹Transplant Center, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ²Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ³Internal Medicine Department, Cairo University Medical school, Cairo, Egypt; ⁴Surgery Department, Cairo University Medical school, Cairo, Egypt.
Background:The current listing criteria (Milan, UCSF) for Orthotropic Liver Transplants (OLT) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients emphasize the anatomic features of the tumor such as…