✅ Can a Liver Transplant Cure Liver Cancer?
Yes — in carefully selected cases, a liver transplant can cure liver cancer.
But it depends on several important medical criteria.
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🧬 How Does It Work?
A liver transplant removes the entire diseased liver — including the cancer within it — and replaces it with a healthy donor liver.
This not only treats the cancer but also the underlying liver disease (like cirrhosis), which often caused the cancer in the first place.
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🎯 Who is Eligible for Liver Transplant for Liver Cancer?
Doctors use strict criteria to decide who qualifies. The most accepted guideline is the Milan Criteria:
✅ One tumor ≤ 5 cm
✅ OR up to 3 tumors, each ≤ 3 cm
✅ No cancer spread outside the liver
✅ No involvement of major blood vessels
📌 If you meet these conditions and are otherwise healthy, a liver transplant can offer a real cure with 5-year survival rates of over 70%.
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❗ Who is Not Eligible?
Patients with:
• Large or multiple tumors beyond criteria
• Cancer that has spread (metastasis)
• Poor overall health or organ function
may not qualify for transplant — but may be considered after downstaging therapy (e.g., chemoembolization/ immunotherapy/SBRT/TARE ).
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🩺 Dr. Chetan Kalal's Expert Note:
“Liver transplant is one of the few true curative options for liver cancer — if done at the right time and in the right patient. That’s why early detection and expert evaluation are critical.”
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🌍 Available For:
• India, UAE, UK, USA, Canada, Africa, Australia
• Second opinions available globally
• In-person & video consultations
📍 Dr. Chetan Kalal – Liver Transplant Physician, Mumbai
🌐 www.drchetankalal.com
📱 +91 8506873687
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