Liver transplantation and multivisceral transplantation in the management of patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumours
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Author(s)
Clift, Ashley
Frilling, A
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) represents a generally accepted albeit somewhat controversially discussed therapeutic strategy in highly selected patients with non-resectable hepatic metastases from neuroendocrine tumours (NET). Whilst there are some exclusion criteria, these are not universally followed, and the optimal set of inclusion parameters for deeming patients eligible has not yet been elucidated. This is due to heterogeneity in the study populations, as well differing approaches employed and also divergences in selection criteria between centres. Recent data have suggested that OLT may represent the most efficacious approach in terms of overall and disease-free survival to the management of NET metastatic to the liver when conducted in accordance with the modified Milan criteria. Therefore, a consensus set of selection criteria requires definition to facilitate stringent and fair allocation of deceased-donor organs, as well as consideration for living-donor organs. In the context of classically non-resectable metastatic tumour bulk, multivisceral transplantation with or without the liver may also be indicated, yet experience is very limited. In this review, we discuss the diagnostic work-up of patients in whom the aforementioned transplantation approaches are being considered, critically analyse the published experience and also anticipate future developments in this field, including a discussion of immediate and longer-term research priorities.
Date Issued
2018-05-28
Date Acceptance
2018-04-16
Citation
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018, 24 (20), pp.2152-2162
ISSN
1007-9327
Publisher
Baishideng Publishing Group Co. Limited
Start Page
2152
End Page
2162
Journal / Book Title
World Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume
24
Issue
20
Copyright Statement
©The Author(s) 2018. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Sponsor
Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann Stiftung
Grant Number
n/a
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Neuroendocrine
Transplantation
Metastases
Liver
Multivisceral
POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY
SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
HEPATIC METASTASES
HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA
PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS
DISEASE
EVEROLIMUS
SURVIVAL
IMPACT
STRATEGIES
1103 Clinical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-05-28