Composite criteria using clinical and FDG PET/CT factors for predicting recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after living donor liver transplantation

Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT is effective for predicting recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation. This study aimed to design composite criteria for predicting post-transplantation recurrence using clinical and FDG PET/CT factors. We retrospectively enrolled 239 patients who underwent living donor transplantation in two independent centers between 2005 and 2013. On PET, maximum tumor-to-background ratio (TBRmax) was...