Role of transarterial chemoembolization [tace] in down staging of hepatocellular carcinoma [hcc] before liver transplantation

ABSTRACT

Background: liver transplantation [LT] has emerged as the optimal treatment for cirrhotic patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] because it cures both tumor and underlying cirrhosis. HCC could be downstaged or controlled by various anticancer therapies, which might bring them chance of undergoing a curative treatment such as LT