Case report: 8 years after liver transplantation: de novo hepatocellular carcinoma 8 months after HCV clearance through IFN-free antiviral therapy

Case report: 8 years after liver transplantation: de novo hepatocellular carcinoma 8 months after HCV clearance through IFN-free antiviral therapy

Abstract Background After orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), recurrent HCC mostly develops within 2 years. All cases of de novo HCC described so far occurred later than 2 years after OLT. Prevention of post-transplantation HCC has usually been tried to achieve...

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Main Authors: Giuliano Ramadori, Patrizia Bosio, Federico Moriconi, Ihtzaz A. Malik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Liver transplantation
Hepatitis C virus
Interferon
Ribavirin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4175-2

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