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ReviewHepatic oncology2025

Management of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation: latest developments.

Antoine Robert, Thomas M Hunold, Neehar D Parikh

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Review in Hepatic oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Antoine RobertDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Thomas M HunoldDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Neehar D ParikhDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly morbid malignancy that is a leading cause of death in patients with cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis B. Liver transplantation is considered a curative therapy for HCC, with 5-year survival rates exceeding 75%. Current allocation policy in the US restricts transplant to patients with early HCC, and priority for transplant is granted after 6 months on the waitlist, thus patients often require therapies for cancer control while awaiting liver transplantation. The most commonly applied therapies for HCC in patients awaiting liver transplantation are locoregional therapies, including ablative, radiation, and arterial based therapies. Using these therapies patient can be effectively bridged or downstaged to liver transplantation, however there are risks of progressive liver decompensation with locoregional therapies in patients with portal hypertension. There are emerging data for the use of immune checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapies in the treatment of HCC. While there has been concern for rejection with the administration of immunotherapy prior to liver transplantation, early data suggest that the risk can be minimized with sufficient washout time prior to liver transplantation. Herein we aim to review management strategies for patients with HCC awaiting liver transplantation.

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downstageHepatocellular carcinomaliver transplantationmilantransarterial chemoembolizationtransarterial radioembolization

Identifiers

PMID40847915
PMCPMC12377145

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