Milan criteria

In transplantation medicine, the Milan criteria are applied as a basis for selecting patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma for liver transplantation.

The Milan criteria state that a patient is selected for transplantation when he or she has:

• one lesion smaller than 5 cm
• up to 3 lesions smaller than 3 cm
• no extrahepatic manifestations
• no vascular invasion

See also

• Child-Pugh score
• Model for End-Stage Liver Disease

References

• http://www.scribd.com/doc/3902347/The-Milan-Criteria-for-HCC[][]
• Duffy JP, Vardanian A, Benjamin E, et al. (September 2007). "Liver transplantation criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma should be expanded: a 22-year experience with 467 patients at UCLA". Annals of Surgery 246 (3): 502–9; discussion 509–11. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e318148c704. PMC 1959350. PMID 17717454.