A novel waitlist dropout score for hepatocellular carcinoma - identifying a threshold that predicts worse post-transplant survival.

Mehta, Neil; Dodge, Jennifer L; Roberts, John P; Yao, Francis Y

Mehta, Neil; Dodge, Jennifer L; Roberts, John P; Yao, Francis Y.

Affiliation

Mehta N; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: neil.mehta@ucsf.edu.
Dodge JL; Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Roberts JP; Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Yao FY; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

J Hepatol ; 74(4): 829-837, 2021 04.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33188904

Subject(s)

End Stage Liver Disease; Graft Survival; Liver Transplantation; Patient Dropouts/statistics & numerical data; Postoperative Complications; Waiting Lists; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology; End Stage Liver Disease/blood; End Stage Liver Disease/diagnosis; End Stage Liver Disease/epidemiology; End Stage Liver Disease/surgery; Female; Humans; Liver Neoplasms/pathology; Liver Transplantation/adverse effects; Liver Transplantation/methods; Liver Transplantation/mortality; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Postoperative Complications/diagnosis; Postoperative Complications/mortality; Risk Assessment/methods; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Tissue and Organ Procurement/organization & administration; United States/epidemiology; alpha-Fetoproteins/analysis

Key words

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP); HCC; Liver transplantation; MELD exception; United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Dropouts / Postoperative Complications / Waiting Lists / Liver Transplantation / End Stage Liver Disease / Graft Survival Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: J Hepatol Journal subject: GASTROENTEROLOGIA Year: 2021 Type: Article

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