Impact of the 6-mo Wait Policy on Transplantation, Resection, and Ablation Outcomes for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A National Cancer Database Analysis
Overall, the post-policy era was associated with improved outcomes in early-stage HCC. While survival outcomes between policy eras were similar for OLT or ablation, liver resection was shown to have the highest improvement in survival and remains a durable treatment option in early-stage HCC.
Authors
- Mitchell Paukner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3839-5311)
- Robert R. Redfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5986-3466)
- Zeljka Jutric (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1792-4376)
- Allison J. Kwong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-6612)
- Bima J. Hasjim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-9011)
- David K. Imagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5947-5313)
- Hirohito Ichii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3635-5773)
- Oliver S. Eng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0226-5005)
- Reed I. Ayabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-1047)
- Mamatha Bhat
Institutions
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transplantation
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0000000000005536
- Primary Topic
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00