Should we biopsy each liver mass suspicious for hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation?--yes.
Marsh
J Wallis
JW
Department of Surgery, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. marshw@msx.upmc.edu
Dvorchik
Igor
I
D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors