Controversy Over Liver Transplantation or Resection for Neuroendocrine Liver Metastasis: Tumor Biology Cuts the Deal.
Dilmurodjon EshmuminovDebora J StuderVictor Lopez LopezMarcel André SchneiderJan LerutMary LoLinda SherThomas Johannes MusholtOana LozanNabila BouzakriCarlo SpositoRosalba MiceliShoma BaratDavid MorrisHelga OehlerTeresa SchreckenbachPeri HusenCharles B RosenGregory J GoresToshihiko MasuiTan-To CheungCorina Kim-FuchsAurel PerrenPhilipp DutkowskiHenrik PetrowskyEspen Thiis-EvensenPål-Dag LineMichal GratStefano PartelliMassimo FalconiLulu TannoRicardo Robles-CamposVincenzo MazzaferroPierre-Alain ClavienKuno LehmannPublished in: Annals of surgery (2022)
This multicentric study in patients with NELM demonstrates a survival benefit of LT over LR. This benefit depends on adherence to selection criteria, in particular low-grade tumor biology and Milan criteria, and must be balanced against potential risks of LT.