Living related donor liver transplantation for preoperative alpha-fetoprotein mRNA-positive patients of hepatocellular carcinoma: description of five cases

Transplant Proc. 2003 Feb;35(1):352-3. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)04013-7.

Authors

Y Sato¹, T Ichida, S Suzuki, S Yamamoto, H Oya, H Nakatsuka, T Kobayashi, T Watanabe, H Kameyama, K Hatakeyama

Affiliation

¹ Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.

PMID: 12591436
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)04013-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Blood Transfusion
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / drug therapy
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / genetics*
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
DNA-Binding Proteins
Family
Female
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
Liver Neoplasms / genetics*
Liver Transplantation / methods*
Living Donors*
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Portal Vein
RNA, Messenger / genetics*
Recurrence
Telomerase / genetics
alpha-Fetoproteins / genetics*

Substances

DNA-Binding Proteins
Immunosuppressive Agents
RNA, Messenger
alpha-Fetoproteins
Telomerase