Survivals after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Granular data for a better allocation process?

摘要

To the Editor:A large international study has been recently published focusing on the combination of morphological aspects and alpha-fetoprotein(AFP)as predictors of survival in patients with hepatocellular cancer(HCC)treated with liver transplantation(LT)[1].As a matter of fact,morphology and biology represent the two sides of the same coin,namely tumor aggressiveness.Several studies already investigated the combinatory role of morphology and biology[2–4].The great merit of this study is that a“user-friendly”calculator has been developed starting from the results of the analysis:such a calculator is available at the webpage http://www.hcc-olt-metroticket.org/.