Japanese living donor liver transplantation criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma: nationwide cohort study.

Masahiro OhiraGaku AokiYasushi OrihashiKenichi YoshimuraTakeo ToshimaEtsuro HatanoSusumu EguchiTaizo HibiKiyoshi HasegawaYuzo UmedaTakuya HashimotoYasushi HasegawaShuji NoboriYasuhiro OguraHiroyuki NittaHiroto EgawaHidetoshi EguchiYasutsugu TakadaYoshihide UedaMureo KasaharaShigeyuki KawachiYuji SoejimaKatsutoshi TokushigeHiroaki NaganoHironori HagaTakumi FukumotoSatoshi MochidaKoji UmeshitaHideki Ohdannull null

Published in: BJS open (2024)

This nationwide survey confirms the validity of the Japanese criteria. The poor prognostic factors within the Japanese criteria include a neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio greater than or equal to 5 and previous hepatectomy.

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prognostic factors
cross sectional