How does a liver transplant treat liver cancer?
A transplant is often a winning strategy for treating liver cancer. Watch this video featuring transplant surgeon Dr. Tomoaki Kato to learn why just removing the cancer, without a transplant, may increase the odds that the tumor will reappear.
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