Over the past two decades, selection criteria to determine eligibility for liver transplantation have been constantly refined but a fair allocation strategy of liver grafts to HCC patients remains challenging. In Europe, over a dozen transplantation networks apply different liver transplantation criteria for HCC patients. Differences sometimes even appear within countries, opening the door to medical tourism and unnecessary competition between centres.
Our aim is to reach a consensus, and a better homogeneity between centres and networks. The main focus will be on downstaging, bridging and immunotherapy.
Topic chair: Christian Toso
Topic Steering Committee: Marco Claasen, Dimitri Sneiders, Gonzalo Sapisochin, Maria Reig, René Adam, Umberto Cillo, Parissa Tabrizian, Sherrie Bhoori, Constantino Fondevilla, Bastiaan Rakke