Liver transplantation and waitlist mortality for HCC and non-HCC candidates following the 2015 HCC exception policy change

Ishaque, T; Massie, AB; Bowring, MG; Haugen, CE; Ruck, JM; Halpern, SE; Waldram, MM; Henderson, ML; Wang, JMG; Cameron, AM; Philosophe, B; Ottmann, S; Rositch, AF; Segev, DL

Segev, DL (reprint author), Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.; Segev, DL (reprint author), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2019; 19 (2): 564

Abstract

Historically, exception points for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) led to higher transplant rates and lower waitlist mortality for HCC candidates compa......

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