Francis Y. Yao, Nathan M. Bass, Bev Nikolai, Timothy J. Davern, Robert Kerlan, Victor Wu, Nancy L. Ascher, John P. Roberts – 30 December 2003 – A major obstacle for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) as treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is tumor growth resulting in dropout from the waiting list for OLT. There is a paucity of data on survival according to intention‐to‐treat analysis and the rate of dropout from the waiting list for OLT among patients with HCC.

Richard B. Freeman – 30 December 2003

Rafik M. Ghobrial, Sammy Saab, Charles Lassman, David S.K. Lu, Steven Raman, Piyagorn Limanond, Greg Kunder, Karyn Marks, Farin Amersi, Dean Anselmo, Pauline Chen, Douglas Farmer, Steven Han, Francisco Durazo, Leonard I. Goldstein, Ronald W. Busuttil – 30 December 2003 – Severe donor organ shortage has provided the impetus for adult living donor liver transplantation (ALDLT). Despite rapid implementation and expansion of the procedure, outcome analysis of ALDLT is still incomplete. This study analyzed both donor and recipient outcomes after ALDLT at a single center.

Michael R. Lucey – 30 December 2003

Geoffrey W.

Hwan Y. Yoo, Violetta Galabova, David Edwin, Paul J. Thuluvath – 30 December 2003 – The outcome of liver transplantation is dependent on many factors. It was suggested that racial disparities in outcome may be related to differences in socioeconomic status (SES). In this retrospective study, we analyzed the effect of SES on graft and patient survival. Two hundred seventy‐six adult patients who underwent liver transplantation at our institution from July 1988 to June 2001 were included in the analysis.

Kimberly L. Beavers, Michael W. Fried, Mark W. Johnson, Steven L. Zacks, David A. Gerber, Jeffrey H. Fair, Kenneth A. Andreoni, Pat Odell, Roshan Shrestha – 30 December 2003

Alexander E. Handschin, Zakiyah Kadry, Markus Selzner, Beat Müllhaupt, Eberhard Renner, Markus Weber, Pierre‐Alain Clavien – 30 December 2003

Gregory J. Gores – 30 December 2003 – Background: Survival after liver transplantation for early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is worsened by the increasing dropout rate while waiting for a donor.

François Mosimann, Vincent Bettschart, Reto Meuli – 30 December 2003