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ReviewCancers2024

Challenges in Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Review of Current Controversies.

Ezequiel Mauro, Marco Sanduzzi-Zamparelli, Gabrielle Jutras, Raquel Garcia, Alexandre Soler Perromat, Neus Llarch, Victor Holguin Arce, Pablo Ruiz, Jordi Rimola, Eva Lopez and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Tumor burden and frailty: No association in liver transplantation candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Ezequiel MauroLiver Oncology Unit, Liver Unit, ICMDM, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0757-7676
Marco Sanduzzi-ZamparelliLiver Oncology Unit, Liver Unit, ICMDM, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Gabrielle JutrasDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hepatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 3E4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2319-3880
Raquel GarciaCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Alexandre Soler PerromatBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Neus LlarchLiver Oncology Unit, Liver Unit, ICMDM, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3209-0453
Victor Holguin ArceBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0009-9019-8594
Pablo RuizCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Jordi RimolaBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1814-4198
Eva LopezCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Joana Ferrer-FàbregaBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Ángeles García-CriadoBarcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3536-4288
Jordi ColmeneroCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6024-8479
Jennifer C LaiDepartament of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
Alejandro FornerLiver Oncology Unit, Liver Unit, ICMDM, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9014-4950

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver transplantation (LT) remains one of the most effective treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and significantly enhances patient survival. However, the application of LT for HCC faces challenges owing to advancements in cancer-specific treatment modalities and the increased burden of patients' comorbidities. This narrative review explores current controversies and advancements in LT for HCC. Key areas of focus include the management of comorbidities and patient education by advanced practice nurses, impacts of frailty on waitlists and post-LT outcomes, selection criteria for LT in the era of new downstaging tools, role of radiology in patient selection, and implications of potential immunotherapy use both before and after LT. Additionally, the importance of immunosuppression management with strategies aimed at minimizing rejection while considering the risk of HCC recurrence and the role of surveillance for HCC recurrence is highlighted. This review also underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for optimizing outcomes in patients with HCC undergoing LT.

Indexed as

comorbiditiesfrailtyhepatocellular carcinomaimmunosuppression managementimmunotherapyliver transplantationmultidisciplinary carerecurrence surveillance

Identifiers

PMID39272917
PMCPMC11394545

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