Allocation policy for hepatocellular carcinoma in the MELD era: Room for improvement
Allocation policy for hepatocellular carcinoma in the MELD era: Room for improvement
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DOI:
10.1002/lt.21329
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发表时间:
2007-11-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Feng, Sandy
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作者:
Roayaie, Kayvan;Feng, Sandy
Currently, liver transplantation is the optimal cure for hepatocellular cancer (HCC) limited to the liver.The requisite use of a scarce resource and the effective "competition" between transplant candidates with and without HCC necessitates an allocation policy that defines the subset of HCC patients appropriate for transplantation and their equitable waiting-list prioritization relative to non-HCC patients. Under Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) allocation, HCC candidates must meet the Milan criteria (single tumor