Prognostic impact of incidentally detected hepatocellular carcinoma in explanted livers after living donor liver transplantation.

Muthukumarassamy RajakannuMukul VijTaheer Mobin Ahmed ShaikhAshwin RammohanMettu Srinivas ReddyMohamed Rela

Published in: Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (2021)

Incidence of iHCC in explanted livers after LDLT is low and most patients have very early-stage tumors with excellent recurrence-free survival. Hence, no specific post-transplant surveillance or treatment is necessary.

Keyphrases

free survival
early stage
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
risk factors
public health
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
sentinel lymph node
replacement therapy
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
smoking cessation