Milan criteria in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: An evidence-based analysis of 15 years of experience

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the seventh most common cancer worldwide and the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths; the number of new cases per year is approaching 750,000.1 The magnitude of the incidence of HCC has discouraged any attempts to apply liver transplantation (LT) as the prevailing curative therapy for HCC worldwide because of the limited sources of donated organs (deceased and living donors) and the poor access to sophisticated health care systems in some geographical areas. If these limitations continue to prevail throughout the world, any attempt to significantly reduce HCC-related mortality rates through the application of LT will be delusional. International experiences have…

• AI
  Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
• NC
  National Cancer Institute