The possibility of radiotherapy as downstaging to living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus

Liver Transpl. 2017 Apr;23(4):545-551. doi: 10.1002/lt.24729.

Authors

Jin Y Choi¹, Jeong I Yu², Hee C Park², C H David Kwon³, Jong M Kim³, Jae-Won Joh³, Gyu-Seong Choi³, Jae B Park³, Sung J Kim³, Seung H Lee⁴, Won-Tae Cho⁵, Kyo W Lee³, Byeong-Gon Na³, Dong Kyu Oh³, Nuri Lee³, Chan W Cho³, Sanghoon Lee³, Suk-Koo Lee³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
³ Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Hallym University Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Dongtan, South Korea.

PMID: 28133933
DOI: 10.1002/lt.24729

No abstract available

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / mortality
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / radiotherapy*
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / mortality
Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
Liver Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Liver Neoplasms / surgery
Liver Transplantation / standards*
Living Donors
Male
Middle Aged
Neoadjuvant Therapy / methods
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Portal Vein / pathology
Radiotherapy, Conformal / methods
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Venous Thrombosis / etiology
Venous Thrombosis / pathology*