Scarcity of cadaveric liver donors compared with the large number of patients with liver disease has been considered the main obstacle to use liver transplantation(LT)to treat hepatic malignancies and for the developm...Scarcity of cadaveric liver donors compared with the large number of patients with liver disease has been considered the main obstacle to use liver transplantation(LT)to treat hepatic malignancies and for the development of transplant oncology.It is known that we are experiencing a true paradigm shift in the fundamental problem of transplantology,which is none other than the imbalance between donation and graft implants(1).Because the most common indication of LT in most countries[hepatitis C virus(HCV)cirrhosis]has started to decrease in the waiting lists(2,3).One might think that,for the first time in many years in Western countries,we could find a higher supply of organs than recipients for them.展开更多
文摘Scarcity of cadaveric liver donors compared with the large number of patients with liver disease has been considered the main obstacle to use liver transplantation(LT)to treat hepatic malignancies and for the development of transplant oncology.It is known that we are experiencing a true paradigm shift in the fundamental problem of transplantology,which is none other than the imbalance between donation and graft implants(1).Because the most common indication of LT in most countries[hepatitis C virus(HCV)cirrhosis]has started to decrease in the waiting lists(2,3).One might think that,for the first time in many years in Western countries,we could find a higher supply of organs than recipients for them.
