Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Kanneganti M, Mahmud N, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Goldberg DS. Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Transplantation 2020, 104: 104-112. PMID: 31283688, PMCID: PMC6928443, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000002816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental survival benefitLiver transplantSurvival benefitHepatocellular carcinomaEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreOverall long-term survivalIntermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinomaLiver Disease scoreRetrospective cohort studyStage hepatocellular carcinomaHazard of deathVeterans Health AdministrationImmortal time biasLong-term survivalUnderwent resectionLiver transplantationAnalytic cohortCohort studyCurative optionMultivariable modelHCC diagnosisDisease scoreResectionPatientsHealth Administration