Reframing the approach to patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Longitudinal assessment with hazard associated with liver transplantation for HCC (HALTHCC) improves ablate and wait strategy
Daniel J. Firl, Shoko Kimura, John McVey, Koji Hashimoto, Heidi Yeh, Charles M. Miller, James F. Markmann, Kazunari Sasaki, Federico N. Aucejo – 31 March 2018 – Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are screened at presentation for appropriateness of liver transplantation (LT) using morphometric criteria, which poorly specifies risk. Morphology is the crux of measuring tumor response to locoregional therapy (LRT) using modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST).