Canadian liver transplant allocation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and Multi Organ Transplant Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁶ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁷ Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy, Dalhousie University and Atlantic Multi-Organ Transplantation Program, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁸ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: secongly@ucalgary.ca.

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Mayur Brahmania et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;71(5):1058-1060.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.07.016. Epub 2019 Sep 5.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and Multi Organ Transplant Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
⁶ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁷ Division of Digestive Care & Endoscopy, Dalhousie University and Atlantic Multi-Organ Transplantation Program, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁸ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: secongly@ucalgary.ca.

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Keywords: Canada; Carcinoma; Health policy; Hepatocellular; Liver neoplasms; Liver transplantation; Tumour burden.

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Reply to: "Canadian liver transplant allocation for hepatocellular carcinoma".
Tschuor C, Kümmerli C, Dutkowski P, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Clavien PA. Tschuor C, et al. J Hepatol. 2019 Nov;71(5):1060. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.08.001. Epub 2019 Sep 7. J Hepatol. 2019. PMID: 31506187 No abstract available.

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