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- Title
Primary role of radioembolization as a downstaging strategy in patients with macrovascular invasion prior to liver transplantation.
- Authors
Levi Sandri, Giovanni Battista; Berardi, Giammauro; Giannelli, Valerio; Ettorre, Giuseppe Maria
- Abstract
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for chronic liver disease with or without hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, around 35% of HCC patients are diagnosed with portal or hepatic vein tumour thrombosis (PVTT/HVTT); these patients are classified as T3b or BCLC-C according to the current classifications and are therefore generally excluded from LT. After a median follow-up of 44 months following LT, the authors reported no disease recurrence in 9 out of 15 (60%) TACE patients, 8 out of 9 (88.9%) Y90 patients and 4 out of 5 (80%) resected patients.
- Subjects
RADIOEMBOLIZATION; LIVER transplantation; BUDD-Chiari syndrome; MINIMALLY invasive procedures; SURGICAL excision
- Publication
Transplant International, 2020, Vol 33, Issue 12, p1833
- ISSN
0934-0874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tri.13746