New OPTN/UNOS Policy for Liver Transplant Allocation: Standardization of Liver Imaging, Diagnosis, Classification, and Reporting of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Abstract

A new liver allocation policy featuring improved imaging criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma exceptions has been developed and approved by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network–United Network for Organ Sharing, in late 2011; radiologists in accredited transplantation centers in the United States are now challenged to implement the policy.