Francis Yao, MD

PROF OF CLIN-HCOMP

Dr. Francis Yao is a gastroenterologist who serves as medical director of the UCSF Liver Transplant Program. He also directs the UCSF Liver Transplant Outreach and Community Liaison Program.

In his research, Yao is interested in liver cancer treatment, particularly as related to liver transplants. He has contributed to important publications in this area. His other research interests include hepatitis B infection and outcomes for patients undergoing liver transplantation.

Education
Fellowship, 1993 - Gastroenterology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Residency, 1990 - Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics
1987 - , Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Websites
Publications

  1. Norman JS, Li PJ, Kotwani P, Shui AM, Yao F, Mehta N. AFP-L3 and DCP Strongly Predict Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplantation. Journal of hepatology 2023. PMID: 37683735


  2. Natarajan B, Tabrizian P, Hoteit M, Frenette C, Parikh N, Ghaziani T, Dhanasekaran R, Guy J, Shui A, Florman S, Yao FY, Mehta N. Downstaging hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation: A multicenter analysis of the "all-comers" protocol in the Multicenter Evaluation of Reduction in Tumor Size before Liver Transplantation (MERITS-LT) consortium. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023. PMID: 37532179


  3. Mehta N, Kelley RK, Yao FY. Refining the approach to down-staging for hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation: Patient selection, local-regional treatments, and systemic therapies. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023. PMID: 37183865


  4. Mehta N, Kotwani P, Norman J, Shui A, Li PY, Saxena V, Chan W, Yao FY. AFP-L3 and DCP are superior to AFP in predicting waitlist dropout in HCC patients: Results of a prospective study. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2023. PMID: 37159217


  5. Giard JM, Dodge JL, Yao FY, Mehta N. AFP Slope >7.5 ng/ml over 3 Months Before Liver Transplantation for HCC Predicts Recurrence Even After Controlling for AFP at Liver Transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022. PMID: 35809249


  6. Huang AC, Dodge JL, Yao FY, Mehta N. National Experience on Waitlist Outcomes for Down-Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: High Dropout Rate in All-Comers. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2022. PMID: 36038129


  7. Silverstein J, Yao FY, Grab JD, Braun HJ, Roberts J, Dodge JL, Mehta N. National Experience with Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). 2022. PMID: 35226793


  8. Goldman ML, Zhou K, Dodge JL, Yao F, Mehta N. Lower Alpha-Fetoprotein Threshold of 500 ng/mL for Liver Transplantation May Improve Posttransplant Outcomes in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 2021. PMID: 34927344


  9. Bernards S, Hirose R, Yao FY, Jin C, Dodge JL, Huang CY, Mehta N. The Impact of Median MELD at Transplant minus 3 national policy on waitlist outcomes in patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma. 2021. PMID: 34761847


  10. Yao F. Review of Liver Transplantation in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2021. PMID: 35466307


  11. Cullaro G, Rubin J, Mehta N, Yao F, Verna EC, Lai JC. Sex-Based Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation 2020. PMID: 33323764


  12. Mehta N, Yao FY. Liver Transplantation after Down-staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus using Y-90 Radioembolization: Pipe Dream or Reality? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021. PMID: 34529890


  13. Mehta N, Frenette C, Tabrizian P, Hoteit M, Guy J, Parikh N, Ghaziani TT, Dhanasekaran R, Dodge JL, Natarajan B, Holzner ML, Frankul L, Chan W, Fobar A, Florman S, Yao FY. Downstaging Outcomes for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results From the Multicenter Evaluation of Reduction in Tumor Size before Liver Transplantation (MERITS-LT) Consortium. Gastroenterology 2021. PMID: 34331914


  14. Harding-Theobald E, Yao FYK, Mehta N. Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts High-Risk Explant Features and Waitlist Survival But Is Not Independently Associated With Recurrence or Survival Following Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021. PMID: 33570786


  15. Lokken RP, Kerlan RK, Chung YC, Chen YF, Mehta NJ, Yao FY, Fidelman N. Hepatic Toxicity After Selective Chemoembolization Is Associated With Decreased Survival Among Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2021. PMID: 33703926


  16. Bond AR, Bainbridge E, Doernberg SB, Babik JM, Miller S, Khanafshar E, Henry T, David A, Russell M, Brandman D, Sherman CB, Yao F, Fung M. Disseminated Legionella micdadei Infection in a Liver Transplant Patient Presenting as Pulmonary Nodules and a Laryngeal Lesion. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2021. PMID: 33434394


  17. Kotwani P, Chan W, Yao F, Mehta N. DCP and AFP-L3 Are Complementary to AFP in Predicting High-Risk Explant Features: Results of a Prospective Study. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2021. PMID: 33524592


  18. Yao FY, Fidelman N, Mehta N. The Key Role of Staging Definitions for Assessment of Downstaging for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Seminars in liver disease 2021. PMID: 33788207


  19. Mehta N, Yao FY. Reply to HEP-20-0970. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2020. PMID: 32583439


  20. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Yao FY. A novel waitlist dropout score for hepatocellular carcinoma - identifying a threshold that predicts worse post-transplant survival. Journal of hepatology 2020. PMID: 33188904


  21. Sherman C, Syed S, Gardner J, Yao FY. CON: Portal Vein Thrombosis Does Not Impact Liver Transplantation Outcomes. Clinical liver disease 2020. PMID: 33163163


  22. Syed SM, Gardner J, Roll G, Webber A, Mehta N, Shoji J, Adelmann D, Niemann C, Braun HJ, Mello A, Yao F, Posselt A, Kang SM, Hirose R, Roberts J, Feng S, Ascher N, Stock P, Freise C. COVID-19 and Abdominal Transplant: A Stepwise Approach to Practice During Pandemic Conditions. Transplantation 2020. PMID: 32639408


  23. Rich NE, John BV, Parikh ND, Rowe I, Mehta N, Khatri G, Thomas SM, Anis M, Mendiratta-Lala M, Hernandez C, Odewole M, Sundaram LT, Konjeti VR, Shetty S, Shah T, Zhu H, Yopp AC, Hoshida Y, Yao FY, Marrero JA, Singal AG. Hepatocellular carcinoma demonstrates heterogeneous growth patterns in a multi-center cohort of patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2020. PMID: 32017165


  24. Lee DD, Sapisochin G, Mehta N, Gorgen A, Musto KR, Hajda H, Yao FY, Hodge DO, Carter RE, Harnois DM. Surveillance for HCC after Liver Transplantation: Increased monitoring may yield aggressive treatment options and improved postrecurrence survival. Transplantation 2020. PMID: 31972705


  25. Weinfurtner K, Dodge JL, Yao FYK, Mehta N. Effect of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Risk Factors on Waitlist Outcomes in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Transplantation direct 2020. PMID: 33134485


  26. Silverstein J, Roll G, Dodge JL, Grab JD, Yao FY, Mehta N. Donation after Circulatory Death is Associated with Similar Post-Transplant Survival in All but the Highest Risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2020. PMID: 32531867


  27. Kronish K, Freise CE, Yao FY. Bacchus Listed for a Liver Transplant: Comment. Anesthesiology 2020. PMID: 32217868


  28. Mehta N, Bhangui P, Yao FY, Mazzaferro V, Toso C, Akamatsu N, Durand F, Ijzermans J, Polak W, Zheng S, Roberts JP, Sapisochin G, Hibi T, Kwan NM, Ghobrial M, Soin A. Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Working Group Report from the ILTS Transplant Oncology Consensus Conference. Transplantation 2020. PMID: 32217938


  29. Brondfield MN, Dodge JL, Hirose R, Heimbach J, Yao FY, Mehta N. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients listed in short wait regions remain advantaged for liver transplant (LT) following 2015 HCC policy change. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2019. PMID: 31833634


  30. Verna EC, Patel YA, Aggarwal A, Desai AP, Frenette C, Pillai AA, Salgia R, Seetharam A, Sharma P, Sherman C, Tsoulfas G, Yao FY. Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Management After the Transplant. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019. PMID: 31710773


  31. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Grab JD, Yao FY. National Experience on Down-staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma before Liver Transplant: Influence of Tumor Burden, AFP, and Wait Time. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019. PMID: 31344273


  32. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Yao FY. Reply (to LTE HEP-19-0464). Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019. PMID: 31095762


  33. Gutin L, Yao F, Dodge JL, Grab J, Mehta N. Comparison of Liver Transplant Wait-List Outcomes Among Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Public vs Private Medical Insurance. JAMA network open 2019. PMID: 31469395


  34. Fidelman N, Johanson C, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Kohlbrenner RM, Lehrman ED, Taylor AG, Kelley RK, Yao FY, Roberts JP, Kerlan RK. Prospective Phase II trial of drug-eluting bead chemoembolization for liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma and marginal hepatic reserve. Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma 2019. PMID: 31355158


  35. DesJardin JT, Manicardi M, Svetlichnaya Y, Kolaitis NA, Papolos AI, Selby VN, Zier LS, Klein L, Aras MA, Yao FY, Roberts JP, De Marco T. Non-Invasive Estimation of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Improves Portopulmonary Hypertension Screening in Liver Transplant Candidates. Clinical transplantation 2019. PMID: 31074522


  36. Sinha J, Mehta N, Dodge JL, Poltavskiy E, Roberts J, Yao F. Are There Upper Limits in Tumor Burden for Down-Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma to Liver Transplant? Analysis of the All-Comers Protocol. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019. PMID: 30779440


  37. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Predictors of low risk for dropout from the liver transplant waiting list for hepatocellular carcinoma in long wait time regions: Implications for organ allocation. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019. PMID: 30861298


  38. Mehta N, Yao FY. What Are the Optimal Liver Transplantation Criteria for Hepatocellular Carcinoma? Clinical liver disease 2019. PMID: 31168361


  39. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Yao FY. Alpha-Fetoprotein Decrease from > 1,000 to < 500 ng/mL in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Leads to Improved Posttransplant Outcomes. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019. PMID: 30548884


  40. Sherman CB, Behr S, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Yao FY, Mehta N. Distinguishing Tumor from Bland Portal Vein Thrombus in Liver Transplant Candidates with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The "A-VENA" Criteria. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2018. PMID: 30246323


  41. Lee DD, Samoylova M, Mehta N, Musto KR, Roberts JP, Yao FY, Harnois DM. The mRECIST Classification Provides Insight into Tumor Biology for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Awaiting Liver Transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2019. PMID: 30198150


  42. Mehta N, Monto A, Yao FY. Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma to improve cancer-related mortality: Looking behind when we should be looking ahead. Gastroenterology 2018. PMID: 30543796


  43. Goldaracena N, Mehta N, Scalera I, Sposito C, Atenafu EG, Yao FY, Muiesan P, Mazzaferro V, Sapisochin G. Multicenter validation of a score to predict prognosis after the development of HCC recurrence following liver transplantation. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2018. PMID: 30391218


  44. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Increasing Liver Transplantation Wait-List Dropout for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Widening Geographical Disparities: Implications for Organ Allocation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2018. PMID: 30067889


  45. Samoylova ML, Mehta N, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Predictors of Ultrasound Failure to Detect Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2018. PMID: 29781162


  46. Huang AC, Mehta N, Dodge JL, Yao FY, Terrault NA. Direct-acting antivirals do not increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after local-regional therapy or liver transplant waitlist dropout. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2018. PMID: 29476694


  47. Giard JM, Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Alpha-Fetoprotein Slope >7.5 ng/mL per Month Predicts Microvascular Invasion and Tumor Recurrence After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Transplantation 2018. PMID: 29505494


  48. Kotwani P, Saxena V, Dodge JL, Roberts J, Yao F, Hameed B. History of Marijuana Use Does Not Affect Outcomes on the Liver Transplant Waitlist. Transplantation 2018. PMID: 29319619


  49. Mehta N, Yao FY. Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: To expand (beyond Milan) or downstage (to Milan)? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2018. PMID: 29351366


  50. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Validation of the prognostic power of the RETREAT score for hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence using the UNOS database. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2017. PMID: 29068145


  51. Mehta N, Yao FY. Con: Treating hepatitis C virus With direct-acting antivirals: Fear not the perceived threat of hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2017. PMID: 29024442


  52. Mehta N, Guy J, Frenette CT, Dodge JL, Osorio RW, Minteer WB, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Excellent Outcomes of Liver Transplantation Following Down-Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma to Within Milan Criteria: A Multicenter Study. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2017. PMID: 29175528


  53. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Yao FY. Misdiagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients receiving no local-regional therapy prior to liver transplant: An analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network explant pathology form. Clinical transplantation 2017. PMID: 28881064


  54. Mehta N, Heimbach J, Lee D, Dodge JL, Harnois D, Burns J, Sanchez W, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Wait Time of Less Than 6 and Greater Than 18 Months Predicts Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplantation: Proposing a Wait Time "Sweet Spot". Transplantation 2017. PMID: 28353492


  55. Lewin SM, Mehta N, Kelley RK, Roberts JP, Yao FY, Brandman D. Liver transplantation recipients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis have lower risk hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2017. PMID: 28340509


  56. Mehta N, Heimbach J, Harnois DM, Sapisochin G, Dodge JL, Lee D, Burns JM, Sanchez W, Greig PD, Grant DR, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Validation of a Risk Estimation of Tumor Recurrence After Transplant (RETREAT) Score for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplant. JAMA oncology 2017. PMID: 27838698


  57. Mehta N, Yao FY. Transarterial Radioembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Who, When… and Y(90)? Gastroenterology 2016. PMID: 27983951


  58. Mehta N, Yao FY. Reply. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2016. PMID: 27097078


  59. Sarkar M, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Terrault N, Yao F, Mehta N. Increased hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in women compared to men with high alpha fetoprotein at liver transplant. Annals of hepatology 2016. PMID: 27236153


  60. Mehta N, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Lack of benefits of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor in patients transplanted for hepatocellular carcinoma: Is this the end of the story? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2016. PMID: 26951991


  61. Mehta N, Yao FY. Hepatocellular cancer as indication for liver transplantation: pushing beyond Milan. Current opinion in organ transplantation 2016. PMID: 26807513


  62. Mehta N, Yao FY. Nucleos(t)ide analogs reduce the risk of hepatitis B-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: A can't miss proposition? Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2016. PMID: 26679367


  63. Mehta N, Sarkar M, Dodge JL, Fidelman N, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Intention to treat outcome of T1 hepatocellular carcinoma with the "wait and not ablate" approach until meeting T2 criteria for liver transplant listing. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2016. PMID: 26479422


  64. Mehta N, Heimbach J, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Minimal Transplant Survival Benefit for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Is it Real or an Overestimation of Waitlist Life Expectancy? Gastroenterology 2015. PMID: 26718172


  65. Yao FY, Fidelman N. Reassessing the boundaries of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Where do we stand with tumor down-staging? Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2015. PMID: 26560491


  66. Macdonald B, Sewell JL, Harper AM, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: analysis of factors predicting outcome in 1074 patients in OPTN Region 5. Clinical transplantation 2015. PMID: 25777321


  67. Young K, Fidelman N, Yao FY, Hills NK, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Taylor AG, Kerlan RK. Implications of discordant findings between hepatic angiography and cross-sectional imaging in transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2015. PMID: 25678220


  68. Kelley RK, Magbanua MJ, Butler TM, Collisson EA, Hwang J, Sidiropoulos N, Evason K, McWhirter RM, Hameed B, Wayne EM, Yao FY, Venook AP, Park JW. Circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study of detection, enumeration, and next-generation sequencing in cases and controls. BMC cancer 2015. PMID: 25884197


  69. Yao FY, Mehta N, Flemming J, Dodge J, Hameed B, Fix O, Hirose R, Fidelman N, Kerlan RK, Roberts JP. Downstaging of hepatocellular cancer before liver transplant: long-term outcome compared to tumors within Milan criteria. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2015. PMID: 25689978


  70. Vagefi PA, Dodge JL, Yao FY, Roberts JP. Potential role of the donor in hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2015. PMID: 25371243


  71. Samoylova ML, Dodge JL, Mehta N, Yao FY, Roberts JP. Evaluating the validity of model for end-stage liver disease exception points for hepatocellular carcinoma patients with multiple nodules <2 cm. Clinical transplantation 2014. PMID: 25366656


  72. Goel A, Mehta N, Guy J, Fidelman N, Yao F, Roberts J, Terrault N. Hepatic artery and biliary complications in liver transplant recipients undergoing pretransplant transarterial chemoembolization. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014. PMID: 25045002


  73. Yao FY, Hameed B, Mehta N, Roberts JP. Response to letter to the editors. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014. PMID: 25155484


  74. Sharpton SR, Feng S, Hameed B, Yao F, Lai JC. Combined effects of recipient age and model for end-stage liver disease score on liver transplantation outcomes. Transplantation 2014. PMID: 24717221


  75. Flemming JA, Vagefi PA, Freise CE, Yao FY, Terrault NA. Restricting liver transplant recipients to younger donors does not increase the wait-list time or the dropout rate: the hepatitis C experience. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014. PMID: 24961679


  76. Hameed B, Mehta N, Sapisochin G, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Alpha-fetoprotein level > 1000 ng/mL as an exclusion criterion for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma meeting the Milan criteria. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014. PMID: 24797281


  77. Samoylova ML, Dodge JL, Yao FY, Roberts JP. Time to transplantation as a predictor of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014. PMID: 24797145


  78. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Yao FY. Outcomes after liver transplantation for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and a low risk of dropout from the transplant waiting list. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014. PMID: 24493311


  79. Yao FY. Conundrum of treatment for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: radiofrequency ablation instead of liver transplantation as the first-line treatment? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014. PMID: 24493329


  80. Mehta N, Dodge JL, Goel A, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Yao FY. Identification of liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma and a very low dropout risk: implications for the current organ allocation policy. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013. PMID: 24285611


  81. Samoylova ML, Dodge JL, Vittinghoff E, Yao FY, Roberts JP. Validating posttransplant hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence data in the United Network for Organ Sharing database. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013. PMID: 24039140


  82. Mehta N, Yao FY. Moving past "One size (and number) fits all" in the selection of candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma for liver transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013. PMID: 23959652


  83. Yao F, Mehta N. Reply: To PMID 23333661. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2013. PMID: 24035772


  84. Mehta N, Fidelman N, Sarkar M, Yao FY. Factors associated with outcomes and response to therapy in patients with infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2013. PMID: 23333661


  85. Garwood ER, Fidelman N, Hoch SE, Kerlan RK, Yao FY. Morbidity and mortality following transarterial liver chemoembolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and synthetic hepatic dysfunction. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012. PMID: 23008091


  86. Park SJ, Freise CE, Hirose R, Kerlan RK, Yao FY, Roberts JP, Vagefi PA. Risk factors for liver transplant waitlist dropout in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical transplantation 2012. PMID: 22693962


  87. Kwan SW, Fidelman N, Ma E, Kerlan RK, Yao FY. Imaging predictors of the response to transarterial chemoembolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a radiological-pathological correlation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012. PMID: 22344899


  88. Guy J, Kelley RK, Roberts J, Kerlan R, Yao F, Terrault N. Multidisciplinary management of hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2011. PMID: 22083023


  89. Yao FY, Breitenstein S, Broelsch CE, Dufour JF, Sherman M. Does a patient qualify for liver transplantation after the down-staging of hepatocellular carcinoma? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2011. PMID: 21584927


  90. Sapisochin G, Yao FY, Roberts JP. Do preoperative inflammatory markers impact on outcome after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma? Annals of surgery 2011. PMID: 21694577


  91. Sapisochin G, Fidelman N, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Mixed hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in patients undergoing transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2011. PMID: 21438129


  92. Ladabaum U, Cheng SL, Yao FY, Roberts JP. Cost-effectiveness of screening for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation. Clinical transplantation 2011. PMID: 20156221


  93. Roberts JP, Venook A, Kerlan R, Yao F. Hepatocellular carcinoma: Ablate and wait versus rapid transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2010. PMID: 20658555


  94. Yao FY, Kerlan RK, Hirose R, Davern TJ, Bass NM, Feng S, Peters M, Terrault N, Freise CE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP. Excellent outcome following down-staging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation: an intention-to-treat analysis. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2008. PMID: 18688876


  95. Yao FY. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: beyond the Milan criteria. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2008. PMID: 18727702


  96. Hanje AJ, Yao FY. Current approach to down-staging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation. Current opinion in organ transplantation 2008. PMID: 18685309


  97. Mazzaferro V, Chun YS, Poon RT, Schwartz ME, Yao FY, Marsh JW, Bhoori S, Lee SG. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Annals of surgical oncology 2008. PMID: 18236119


  98. Hirose R, Yao F, Stock P, Roberts J, Ascher N. Liver transplantation at UCSF--a 20-year experience. Clinical transplants 2008. PMID: 19708450


  99. Yao FY. Expanded criteria for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology 2007. PMID: 17877493


  100. Yao FY. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: the hepatitis C quandary. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2007. PMID: 17538996


  101. Yao FY. Should surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma be increased in patients with cirrhosis and small liver nodules? Nature clinical practice. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2006. PMID: 17008923


  102. Yao FY, Gautam M, Palese C, Rebres R, Terrault N, Roberts JP, Peters MG. De novo malignancies following liver transplantation: a case-control study with long-term follow-up. Clinical transplantation 2006. PMID: 16968488


  103. Yao FY. Expanded criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma: down-staging with a view to liver transplantation--yes. Seminars in liver disease 2006. PMID: 16850373


  104. Yao FY. Selection criteria for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: beyond tumor size and number? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2006. PMID: 16868948


  105. Yao FY, Hirose R, LaBerge JM, Davern TJ, Bass NM, Kerlan RK, Merriman R, Feng S, Freise CE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP. A prospective study on downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2005. PMID: 16315294


  106. Cruz E, Ascher NL, Roberts JP, Bass NM, Yao FY. High incidence of recurrence and hematologic events following liver transplantation for Budd-Chiari syndrome. Clinical transplantation 2005. PMID: 16008595


  107. Yao FY, Kinkhabwala M, LaBerge JM, Bass NM, Brown R, Kerlan R, Venook A, Ascher NL, Emond JC, Roberts JP. The impact of pre-operative loco-regional therapy on outcome after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2005. PMID: 15760404


  108. Patel D, Terrault NA, Yao FY, Bass NM, Ladabaum U. Cost-effectiveness of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in patients with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2005. PMID: 15645408


  109. Yao FY, Roberts JP. Applying expanded criteria to liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: too much too soon, or is now the time? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2004. PMID: 15237378


  110. Yao FY, Bass NM, Ascher NL, Roberts JP. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: lessons from the first year under the Model of End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) organ allocation policy. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2004. PMID: 15108253


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