(Wiley-Blackwell) Liver transplantation specialists recently convened to address US guidelines for allocation of organs for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Representatives from more than 130 US transplant centers were invited to the conference and participants included 180 leaders in liver transplantation from the 50 most active centers. Full details of the recommendations developed at the conference are published in the March issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

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