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Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma by T. Steinmüller; S. Jonas; P. Neuhaus is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Summary Despite recent advances in techniques of __in situ__ tumour ablation, surgical therapy remains at present the mainstay treatment for primary hepatic malignancies. After an initial endeavour in the establishment of liver transplantation as a treatment option, in particular for unresectable liver tumours, only a few indications, for example early hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis, are currently agreed upon. Other indications, such as peripheral cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma in noncirrhotics have largely been abandoned or are still under debate, as is the case with fibrolamellar carcinoma. The selection of patients suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis for liver transplantation is still based on tumour size and node number, because the current state of diagnostic imaging fails to reliably predict the most important prognostic parameter: vascular infiltration. Other selection criteria are under investigation. Studies on multimodal therapy are also underway but have not yet demonstrated a clear benefit.
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- Author
- T. Steinmüller; S. Jonas; P. Neuhaus
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Blackwell Publishing; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0269-2813)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)