Published in:
01-09-2019 | Case Report
Isolated Peritoneal Recurrence After Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors:
Narendra Pandit, Laligen Awale, Sameer Chaudhary, Rajan Shah, Shailesh Adhikary
Published in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Issue 3/2019
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Excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) continues to be the common and lethal malignancy worldwide that often arises in the setting of background liver disease [
1]. Options for treating HCC have expanded dramatically over the last few decades from initially resection to liver transplantation (LT) with the expansion of tumor criteria and improved results [
2]. Liver resection (LR) is the standard of care for patients without underlying liver disease, while LT is the gold standard for patients with Child-Pugh B/C cirrhosis and limited hepatic reserve within transplant criteria. Despite treatment, unfortunately around 70% of patients in LR group and only 10% in LT group develop recurrence over 5-year period [
1]. …
