Milan criteria
In transplantation medicine, the Milan criteria are applied as a basis for selecting patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma for liver transplantation.
The Milan criteria state that a patient is selected for transplantation when he or she has:
- one lesion smaller than 5 cm
- up to 3 lesions smaller than 3 cm
- no extrahepatic manifestations
- no vascular invasion
See also
References
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/3902347/The-Milan-Criteria-for-HCC[][]
- Duffy JP, Vardanian A, Benjamin E, et al. (September 2007). "Liver transplantation criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma should be expanded: a 22-year experience with 467 patients at UCLA". Annals of Surgery 246 (3): 502–9; discussion 509–11. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e318148c704. PMC 1959350. PMID 17717454.
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