Updates and Expert Opinions on Liver Transplantation for Gastrointestinal Malignancies
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چکیده
Transplant oncology is a relatively new field in which transplantation used to treat patients who would otherwise be unresectable. New anticancer treatment paradigms using tumor and transplant immunology cancer immunogenomics are emerging. In turn, liver (LT) has become potential therapy for certain with colorectal (CRC) metastasis, hepatocellular (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), metastatic neuroendocrine (NET) of the liver. Although there established criteria LT HCC, evidence regarding as modality gastrointestinal malignancies still debated. The aim this review highlight updates role malignancies, including CRC, hilar CCA, (NET), well contextualize use discuss controversies oncology.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medicina-lithuania
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1010-660X', '1648-9144']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59071290