A Novel Prognostic Index in Patients With Hepatocellular Cancer Waiting for Liver Transplantation: Time-Radiological-response-Alpha-fetoprotein-INflammation (TRAIN) Score.

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Published in Ann Surg on November 01, 2016

Authors

Quirino Lai1, Daniele Nicolini, Milton Inostroza Nunez, Samuele Iesari, Pierre Goffette, Andrea Agostini, Andrea Giovagnoni, Marco Vivarelli, Jan Lerut

Author Affiliations

1: *Starzl Unit of Abdominal Transplantation, University Hospitals Saint Luc, Université catholique Louvain, Brussels, Belgium†Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, L'Aquila University, L'Aquila‡Unit of Hepatobiliary surgery and Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti," Torrette Ancona, Italy§Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti," Torrette Ancona, Italy.

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