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?  

While the Mazzaferro (Milan) criteria still represent the primary basis by which HCC candidates for liver transplant are chosen, certain centers such as ours (UCSF) have studied the strategy of expanding eligibility criteria for OLT. This includes both increasing upper tumor size limits, as well as ...