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HEPATOLOGY
卷 56, 期 1, 页码 149-156出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25603
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- Swiss National Science Foundation (SCORE) [3232230-126233]
- Canada Institutes of Health Research/Wyeth Research Chair in Transplantation
- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
- Arteres Foundation
- Astellas Foundation Europe
In many countries, the allocation of liver grafts is based on the Model of End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score and the use of exception points for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). With this strategy, HCC patients have easier access to transplantation than non-HCC ones. In addition, this system does not allow for a dynamic assessment, which would be required to picture the current use of local tumor treatment. This study was based on the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and included 5,498 adult candidates of a liver transplantation for HCC and 43,528 for non-HCC diagnoses. A proportional hazard competitive risk model was used. The risk of dropout of HCC patients was independently predicted by MELD score, HCC size, HCC number, and alpha-fetoprotein. When combined in a model with age and diagnosis, these factors allowed for the extrapolation of the risk of dropout. Because this model and MELD did not share compatible scales, a correlation between both models was computed according to the predicted risk of dropout, and drop-out equivalent MELD (deMELD) points were calculated. Conclusion: The proposed model, with the allocation of deMELD, has the potential to allow for a dynamic and combined comparison of opportunities to receive a graft for HCC and non-HCC patients on a common waiting list. (HEPATOLOGY 2012;56:149156)
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