Ricerc@Sapienza

A large international study has been recently published focusing
on the combination of morphological aspects and alpha-fetoprotein
(AFP) as predictors of survival in patients with hepatocellular cancer
(HCC) treated with liver transplantation (LT) [1] . As a matter of
fact, morphology and biology represent the two sides of the same
coin, namely tumor aggressiveness. Several studies already investigated
the combinatory role of morphology and biology [2–4] .
The great merit of this study is that a “user-friendly” calculator
has been developed starting from the results of the analysis:
such a calculator is available at the webpage http://www.
hcc- olt- metroticket.org/ .