Incorporation of Protein Induced by Vitamin K Absence or Antagonist-II Into Transplant Criteria Expands Beneficiaries of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Incorporation of Protein Induced by Vitamin K Absence or Antagonist-II Into Transplant Criteria Expands Beneficiaries of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multi-center Retrospective Cohort Study in China

This is a multi-center study in China to investigate the role of PIVKA-II in HCC recipient selection and prognostic stratification by analyzing the data of 522 recipients with HCC registered in the China Liver Transplant Registry.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The HCC patients received LT with pre-operative PIVKA-II records performed from January 2015 to December 2020, whose clinicopathological data were registered in the CLTR.

Exclusion Criteria:

• (1) patients who received split LT or simultaneous transplantation, (2) patients who received re-transplantation, (3) patients with macroscopic portal vein tumor thrombosis or other macrovascular invasion, (4) patients with incomplete follow-up or incomplete important parameters records.