Liver transplantation in septuagenarians receiving model for end-stage liver disease exception points for hepatocellular carcinoma: The national experience

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1395-1396

  Schwartz, Jason ^a   Thiesset, Heather ^b   Box, Terry ^b   Hutson, William ^c   Sorensen, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 84868116068     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23513     Document Type: Letter

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3. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Proposal to create regional distribution of livers for MELD/PELD candidates. http://optn. transplant.hrsa.gov/PublicComment/pubcommentPropSub-239.pdf. Accessed July 2012.
4. Schwartz JJ, Pappas L, Thiesset HF, Vargas G, Sorensen JB, Kim RD, et al. Liver transplantation in septuagenarians receiving Model for End-Stage Liver Disease exception points for hepatocellular carcinoma: the national experience. Liver Transpl 2012; 18: 423-433.