Liver Transplantation: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges

Medicare at 40: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges

liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: past, present and future

hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) represents one of the most common neoplasms worldwide.  liver trasnplantation (lt) is the treatment of choice for selected group of patients with hcc. lt is actually a consolidated therapeutic option for hcc because it cures both tumor and underlying cirrhosis. in 1996, the publication of a pivotal prospective study on less than 50 patients, transplanted for hcc u...

Horticultural Plant Breeding: Past Accomplishments, Future Directions

Genetic improvement of agronomic crops through breeding, which typically are marketed as commodities, are grower directed. Breeding objectives principally involve increasing yield, often based on resistance to biotic and non-biotic stress. For example improvement in hybrid maize yields have relied on increasing yield stability under high populations. In horticultural crops, breeding objectives ...

Past and future prospects of orthoptic liver transplantation.

The hopes for liver transplantation have been increased by experience with the new immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A. Optimal therapy with cyclosporin A has required steroid therapy, but the amounts of prednisone used have been a small fraction of those used in the past.

Liver transplantation in Asia: past, present and future.

With the technical advances and improvements in perioperative management and immunosuppressants, liver transplantation is the standard treatment for patients with end-stage liver diseases. In Asia, a shortage of deceased donor liver grafts is the universal problem to be faced with in all transplant centres. Many surgical innovations are then driven to counteract this problem. This review focuse...