Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Doctors Should Consider Transplants for HCV-Related Cancer

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, February 5th, 2001

- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer -- Individuals with hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma have longer disease-free survival rates when given transplants instead of just the removal of the cancerous portions of their liver.

Researchers at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York published their findings in the Annals of Surgical Oncology after studying more than 200 patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV) related hepatocellular carcinoma.

"We reviewed our experience in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and chronic hepatitis to determine if differences exist in preoperative status and...

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