Brief: Outcome of HBV and HCV associated HCC occurring after renal transplantation.

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Brief: Survival after HCC diagnosis is significantly worse in KTR compared to nontransplanted patients with HBV and/or HCV. Prevention is crucial and should be based on viral eradication/suppression before or after transplantation.

 2018 Jan 2;13(1):e0190340. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190340. eCollection 2018.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27917563