Expanding transplantation of patients with a liver cancer without harming allocation: a priority in the era of scarce donation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, Humanitas University, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy.

Editorial

Massimo Colombo et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;6(5):339-341.

doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2017.05.13.

¹ Department of Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, Humanitas University, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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