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Liver Transplantation for HCC: A Review
Authors:Rahul Kakodkar  A. S. Soin
Affiliation:(1) Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta-the Medicity, Sector 38, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122001, India
Abstract:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) often occurs in patients with chronic liver disease or cirrhosis. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma has the potential to eliminate both the tumor as well as the underlying cirrhosis and is the ideal treatment for HCC in cirrhotic liver as well as massive HCC in noncirrhotic liver. Limitations in organ availability, necessitate stringent selection of patients who would likely to derive most benefit. Selection criteria have considered tumor size, number, volume as well as biological features. The Milan criteria set the benchmark for tumors that would benefit from liver transplantation but were found to be excessively restrictive. Modest expansion in criteria has also been shown to be associated with equivalent survival. Microvascular invasion is the single most important adverse prognostic factor for survival. Living donor liver transplantation has expanded donor options and has the advantage of lower waiting period and not impacting the non-HCC waiting list. Acceptable outcomes have been obtained with living donor liver transplantation for larger and more numerous tumors in the absence of microvascular invasion. Downstaging of tumors to prevent progression while waiting for an organ or for reduction in size to allow enrolment for transplantation has met with variable success.
Keywords:Hepatocellular carcinoma   Liver transplantation   Living donor   Milan criteria   Alpha-fetoprotein   Chemoembolization   Radiofrequency ablation   Microvascular invasion
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