Favorable outcomes in patients over 65 years of age with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing liver transplantation
Although lower than younger recipients, patients older than 65 years of age with HCC have an excellent outcome post-LT. Age alone should not discourage transplant centers from considering patients with HCC for transplantation.
Authors
- Fuat H. Saner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9157-4573)
- Dimitri Aristotle Raptis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0898-3270)
- Saad Saeed Alghamdi
- Dieter C. Broering
- Saleh A. Alqahtani
- Mona Aljefri
- Waleed Al-Hamoudi
- Bandar Aljudaibi
- Massimo Malago
- Lina Aljurf
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (SA)
- King Saud University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/sjg.sjg_396_25
- Primary Topic
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00