Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may recur after liver transplantation (LT), mainly in patients
with multinodular and large tumors. However, factors predictive of outcome after LT in
patients with small tumors remain ill defined. We investigated which factors were related to
mortality or tumor recurrence among 47 liver transplant recipients with liver cirrhosis and
HCC and compared them with 107 patients with liver cirrhosis without tumor who underwent
LT in the same period. Patients with HCC were older (P<. 001), more frequently had …

Objective To identify the influence of tumor characteristics on the outcome of liver
transplantation (LT) among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods A
retrospective analysis was performed on 251 consecutive patients with HCC who underwent
LT between April 2001 and February 2006 at our institution. We compared the outcome of
the patients classified by different tumor related factors. Survival analysis was performed
using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards regression methods. Results …