We read with great interest the paper published by Bhat et al., focusing on the proposal of a new model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception point system for hepatocellular cancer (HCC) patients waiting for liver transplantation (LT) [1]. The authors must be congratulated for their very interesting results. In view of the potential application of this model also in a European setting, we noted that 76% of the entire HCC population was treated with any type of loco-regional treatment (LRT) and that the median waiting time (WT) was 8.6 months. Consequently, the studied population is very similar to the European one, in which a high percentage of HCC patients waiting for LT undergoes LRT and has a median WT of over six months [2].

Proposal of a novel MELD exception point system for hepatocellular carcinoma. Dynamics better than tumor characteristics? / Lai, Quirino; Rossi, Massimo; Lerut, Jan. - In: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0168-8278. - 67:1(2017), pp. 197-198. [10.1016/j.jhep.2017.02.034]

Proposal of a novel MELD exception point system for hepatocellular carcinoma. Dynamics better than tumor characteristics?

Lai, Quirino
;
Rossi, Massimo;
2017

Abstract

We read with great interest the paper published by Bhat et al., focusing on the proposal of a new model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception point system for hepatocellular cancer (HCC) patients waiting for liver transplantation (LT) [1]. The authors must be congratulated for their very interesting results. In view of the potential application of this model also in a European setting, we noted that 76% of the entire HCC population was treated with any type of loco-regional treatment (LRT) and that the median waiting time (WT) was 8.6 months. Consequently, the studied population is very similar to the European one, in which a high percentage of HCC patients waiting for LT undergoes LRT and has a median WT of over six months [2].
2017
Hepatology
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Proposal of a novel MELD exception point system for hepatocellular carcinoma. Dynamics better than tumor characteristics? / Lai, Quirino; Rossi, Massimo; Lerut, Jan. - In: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0168-8278. - 67:1(2017), pp. 197-198. [10.1016/j.jhep.2017.02.034]
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