‘Substantial proportion’ of PSC patients listed for LT due to dysplasia have no neoplasia

Researchers identified bile duct dysplasia or cancer in most explanted livers with an indication of biliary dysplasia, although as many as 41% had no signs of neoplasia, according to a study of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
“Primary sclerosing cholangitis, in short PSC, is one of the leading causes of liver transplantation in the Nordic countries with a high risk of developing cholangiocarcinoma prior to liver transplantation,” Sigurd Breder, MD, of the Norwegian PSC Research Center, said at EASL Congress. “A practice of preemptive liver transplantation in

Researchers identified bile duct dysplasia or cancer in most explanted livers with an indication of biliary dysplasia, although as many as 41% had no signs of neoplasia, according to a study of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
“Primary sclerosing cholangitis, in short PSC, is one of the leading causes of liver transplantation in the Nordic countries with a high risk of developing cholangiocarcinoma prior to liver transplantation,” Sigurd Breder, MD, of the Norwegian PSC Research Center, said at EASL Congress. “A practice of preemptive liver transplantation in