Should we use living donor grafts for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma? Ethical considerations

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Pomfret, Elizabeth A ^a   Lodge, J Peter A ^b   Villamil, Federico G ^c   Siegler, Mark ^d  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; EQUIPOISE; ETHICS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DONOR SELECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTIC EQUIPOISE;

EID: 80053247744     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22356     Document Type: Note

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