Survival after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in the model for end‐stage liver disease and pre–model for end‐stage liver disease eras and the independent impact of hepatitis C virus

Paul J. Thuluvath, Anurag Maheshwari, Nimisha P. Thuluvath, Geoffrey C. Nguyen, Dorry L. Segev – 26 June 2009 – It has been suggested that hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may have worse outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) because of more aggressive tumor biology. In this study, we determined the post‐LT survival of HCC patients with and without HCV using United Network for Organ Sharing data from January 1994 to March 2008. Patients with HCC were stratified into HCV (HCC‐HCV) and non‐HCV (HCC–non‐HCV) groups.

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