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Review
. 1988 Mar;17(1):177-93.

Liver transplantation for malignant tumors

B Koneru  1 , A Cassavilla, J Bowman, S Iwatsuki, T E Starzl
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Review

Liver transplantation for malignant tumors

B Koneru et al. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1988 Mar.

Abstract

As reviewed herein, the current results of liver transplantation for malignant tumors are suboptimal. Progress depends on development of other modalities of adjunctive therapy.

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Figure 1
Cumulative survival of all 830 recipients with all diagnoses compared with 70 recipients with malignant tumors transplanted during CyA era.
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Cumulative survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma during CyA era.
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