Cancer

Research conducted at Okayama University has updated our knowledge about cancer

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, February 16th, 2009

"Living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been widely performed in patients with end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan. Although extrahepatic cancer survey for LDLT candidates is absolutely required. few reports have indicated the optimal surveillance method for colorectal cancer," investigators in Okayama, Japan report.

"The aim Of this study is to investigate the feasibility and findings of colonoscopy before LDLT. Front January 2004 to August 2006. we prospectively, enrolled all of the scheduled LDLT candidates of our hospital for pretransplant colonoscopy examination. A total of 81 patients were enrolled For colonoscopy. Of these...

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