TY - JOUR AU - Levi Sandri, Giovanni Battista AU - Ettorre, Giuseppe Maria AU - Giannelli, Valerio AU - Colasanti, Marco AU - Sciuto, Rosa AU - Pizzi, Giuseppe AU - Cianni, Roberto AU - D’Offizi, Gianpiero AU - Antonini, Mario AU - Vennarecci, Giovanni AU - Lucatelli, Pierleone PY - 2017 TI - Trans-arterial radio-embolization: a new chance for patients with hepatocellular cancer to access liver transplantation, a world review JF - Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Vol 2 (November 2017): Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) within the Milan criteria (MC) is nowadays a curative procedure. Yttrium-90 microspheres radioembolization (Y90-RE) has shown to be an effective and safe treatment of primary liver tumors. The aim of this work is to offer a view on the publications which report on the use of Y90-RE as bridge or downstaging prior to LT. Twenty articles have been considered for this world review. About 178 LT in patients were treated with Y90-RE prior to LT. Most of patients had a downstaging strategy. In all series alpha-fetoproteins decreased between Y90-RE and LT. Therefore, Y90-RE may have an important role in the bridge and downstaging treatments. UR - https://tgh.amegroups.org/article/view/3981