Impact of successful local ablative bridging therapy prior to liver transplantation on long-term survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis.

CONCLUSIONS: Successful local ablative therapy before liver transplantation is an independent statistically significant factor in long-term tumor-related survival for patients with HCC in cirrhosis and reduces tumor recurrences. PMID: 32356179 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32356179?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clin Med Res - April 29, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Bauschke A, Altendorf-Hofmann A, Ardelt M, Kissler H, Tautenhahn HM, Settmacher U Tags: J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Source Type: research