Blood Transfusions and Tumor Biopsy May Increase HCC Recurrence Rates after Liver Transplantation

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Actuarial HCC recurrence (a) in patients with microvascular invasion in correlation with the number of applied blood transfusions ( = not significant) and (b) HCC recurrence rates in patients with (yes) and without (no) tumor biopsy stratified for tumor grading ( for biopsy yes versus no stratified for tumor grading G1 to G3).

(a) Blood transfusions

(b) Biopsy and tumor grading