Episode # 64 • 21 May 2020
Bridging to Transplant for HCC
Transplant Surgeon Dr. Jennifer Berumen and Interventional Radiologist Dr. Isabel Newton discuss the treatment of HCC and the importance of multi-specialty collaboration in bridging these patients to successful liver transplantation. Special discussion was given around this HCC consortium article in Annals of Surgery: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30870180/
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• Milan Criteria:
https://www.mdcalc.com/milan-criteria-liver-transplantation
• Criteria for Liver Transplantation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma:
https://aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cld.499
• The Interventional Initiative:
http://www.theii.org/
• Paper discussed:
DiNorcia J, Florman SS, Haydel B, et al. Pathologic Response to Pretransplant Locoregional
Therapy is Predictive of Patient Outcome After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular
Carcinoma: Analysis From the US Multicenter HCC Transplant Consortium. Ann Surg.
2020;271(4):616‐624. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003253
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