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ILTS 2012 Report – Stereotactic body radiation therapy may help HCC patients on liver transplant list

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), or radiosurgery, is effective in treating hepatocellular cancer (HCC) tumours that are unresectable and it can act as… read more.

ILTS 2012 Report – Regulatory T-cell injection holds promise for inducing tolerance

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – Injection of regulatory T cells could prove to be a powerful method of inducing tolerance among liver transplantation patients,

ILTS 2012 Report – New Hepatitis C treatments may improve outlook

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – The state of treatment for Hepatitis C patients waiting for a liver transplant leaves a lot to be desired

ILTS 2012 Report – Risk-assessment scoring system may be helpful in predicting success in cardiac-death donor cases

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by  Thomas R. Collins – A recently unveiled scoring system for evaluating the likelihood of post-liver transplant survival is useful in predicting success in transplants from donors with… read more.

ILTS 2012 Report – Select elderly liver donor grafts perform the same as usual grafts, study finds

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins –  Liver transplants involving selected organs from elderly patients performed just as well as livers from usual donors,

ILTS 2012 Report – Casting wide net for donated livers is worthwhile

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – Pursuing liver grafts in an aggressive manner throughout the United States is much more costly than getting them from a local or regional… read more.

ILTS 2012 Report – Pre-procurement liver biopsy over-worthwhile in certain cases

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – Doing a biopsy on a liver before the organ is procured for transplantation is helpful only when done for certain potential organ donors,

ILTS 2012 Report – Experts discuss balancing the risks with the benefits in liver transplantation

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – With a scarcity of livers available for transplantation, there is a tremendous pressure on the medical community to make the best use of… read more.

ILTS 2012 Report – Living donor transplant may work well as first-line choice for infants with biliary atresia

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins –  A living donor liver transplant can be a safe and effective first-line treatment for very young children with biliary atresia,

ILTS 2012 Report – Meeting management goals among donors improves rates of organ use

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – Establishing and adhering to management goals for organ donors boosts the percentage of livers that are utilized,

How the donors have changed in the last ten years

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

Dr Irene Scalera, Fellow at the Liver Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, describes the ever-changing donor landscape and attempts to improve liver donor shortage.

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