Gastroenterology

Transplant Hepatology

Questions discussed in this category

What is your approach to liver transplantation candidacy in those with decompensated cirrhosis who have been treated for a solid-organ malignancy, such as oral SCC?

Is there a minimum time of waiting that is necessary between the completion of cancer treatment and liver transplantation?

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How do you approach the treatment of Crohn's colitis in the setting of immunosuppression for liver transplant?

1 Answer available

How would you treat a patient with recurrent metastatic HCC 6 years after liver transplant for HCC?

1 Answer available

Is there a role for regular hepatitis and TB screening in patients on chronic immunosuppressive therapy in the absence of new risk factors or exposures?

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What is the role of liver transplant in NET?

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Could a non-cirrhotic patient with a single HCC lesion measuring >5cm who is ineligible for liver transplant by Milan size criteria alone become a candidate if the tumor shrinks after TACE?

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Papers discussed in this category

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2015-06

Downstaging of hepatocellular cancer before liver transplant: long-term outcome compared to tumors within Milan criteria.

Am J Transplant, 2016 Jun 09

The Long-Term Benefit of Liver Transplantation for Hepatic Metastases From Neuroendocrine Tumors.

Transplantation, 2021 Apr 27

Postrecurrence Survival After Liver Transplantation for Liver Metastases From Neuroendocrine Tumors.

Surgery, 2017 Jun 16

Liver transplantation in patients with liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumors: A systematic review.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2020 Oct 23

Pretransplant solid organ malignancy and organ transplant candidacy: A consensus expert opinion statement.

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