Should we biopsy each liver mass suspicious for HCC before liver transplantation?--no, please don't.

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Published in J Hepatol on October 01, 2005

Authors

R Stigliano1, A K Burroughs

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1: Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Medicine Unit, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street NW3 2QJ, London, UK.

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