Treatment of an elderly patient with hepatocellular carcinoma: Counseling from the patient's point of view

Abstract

showed that older recipient age is associated with lowerposttransplant survival rates. These investigatorsdeveloped an older recipient prognostic score using 5factors: ventilator status, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis Cvirus, creatinine levels 1.6 mg/dL, and combinedrecipient and donor age 120 years. When the olderrecipient prognostic score was >2 points, the 5-yearsurvival rate was less than 50% (typically a barrierindicating a futile liver transplant). Lipshutz et al.