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Bridging to Transplant for HCC

with Dr. Jennifer Berumen and Dr. Isabel Newton

Transplant Surgeon Dr. Jennifer Berumen and Interventional Radiologist Dr. Isabel Newton discuss the treatment of HCC and the importance of multi-specialty collaboration in bridging these patients to successful liver transplantation. Special discussion was given around this HCC consortium article in Annals of Surgery: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30870180/

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Podcast Contributors

Dr. Jennifer Berumen

Dr. Jennifer Berumen is a transplant surgeon and assistant professor with the UCSD Department of Surgery in San Diego.

Dr. Isabel Newton

Dr. Isabel Newton is a practicing interventional radiologist at UC San Diego Health in San Diego, CA.

Dr. Christopher Beck

Dr. Chris Beck is a practicing interventional radiologist with Regional Radiology Group in New Orleans.

Synopsis

• Milan Criteria:
https://www.mdcalc.com/milan-criteria-liver-transplantation

• Criteria for Liver Transplantation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma:
https://aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cld.499

• The Interventional Initiative:
http://www.theii.org/

• Paper discussed:
DiNorcia J, Florman SS, Haydel B, et al. Pathologic Response to Pretransplant Locoregional
Therapy is Predictive of Patient Outcome After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular
Carcinoma: Analysis From the US Multicenter HCC Transplant Consortium. Ann Surg.
2020;271(4):616‐624. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003253

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