Adjuvant chemotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4203.2010.02.013
- VernacularTitle:肝癌肝移植术后辅助化疗的临床意义及应用
- Author:
Junyi WU
;
Hongcheng SUN
;
Zhihai PENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Liver neoplasms;
Liver transplantation;
Drug therapy;
combination;
Treatment outcome
- From:
International Journal of Surgery
2010;37(2):112-115
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Liver transplantation may be the best curative treatment for patients with cirrhosis and primary hepatocellular carcinoma. However, tumor recurrence and metastasis is still a difficult problem of liver trans-plantation. Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy has been employed in an attempt to eliminate micrometasta-ses, and could improve long-term survival after LT for hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the specific chem-otherapy and its efficacy remain controversial, it has been widely used as a safe, feasible and effective meth-od in several clincial institutions.
