Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Defining Criteria to Extend Indications

摘要

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a widespread disease that develops mainly in cirrhotic liver and has a high mortality. Treatment is multimodal and includes resection, transplantation, transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE), percutaneous ablation procedures (PAP), and chemotherapy. Liver transplantation has gained a prominent role as a treatment, although there is no uniform agreement concerning which is the best approach