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What is your approach to liver transplantation candidacy in those with decompensated cirrhosis who have been treated for a solid-organ malignancy, such as oral SCC?

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Hepatology · UCLA

This is an important consideration as patients who receive a solid organ transplantation will be on significant immunosuppression, which can result in significant proliferation of an underlying malignancy and have worse treatment outcomes compared to non-immunosuppressed patients. Furthermore, patie...

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