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Place de la transplantation hépatique dans le traitement des affections métastatiques du foie.

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Dockx, O. Troisi, R. Balducci, G. Geubel, André [UCL] Rahier, Jacques [UCL] Kestens, Paul [UCL] Otte, Jean-Bernard [UCL]

The authors report their experience of liver transplantation for metastatic tumor in 6 patients. Although good palliation can be offered with prolonged survival in some patients, secondaries of the liver remain the poorest indication for liver transplantation. A prospective multicentric study would be needed to evaluate the usefulness of post-transplantation chemotherapy.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – English Abstract, Journal Article
Publication date 1992
Journal information "Acta chirurgica Belgica" - Vol. 92, no. 4, p. 164-7 (1992)
issn 0001-5458
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - MD/MINT - Département de médecine interne
UCL - MD/MNOP - Département de morphologie normale et pathologique
UCL - MD/CHIR - Département de chirurgie
MESH Subject Adenocarcinoma - secondary - surgery ; Adult ; Colonic Neoplasms - pathology ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms - secondary - surgery ; Liver Transplantation ; Middle Aged ; Palliative Care ; Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology
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Bibliographic reference Dockx, O. ; Troisi, R. ; Balducci, G. ; Geubel, André ; Rahier, Jacques ; et. al. Place de la transplantation hépatique dans le traitement des affections métastatiques du foie.. In: Acta chirurgica Belgica, Vol. 92, no. 4, p. 164-7 (1992)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/9606