As of June 2003, there were 17,239 patients on the UNOS National Transplant Waiting List who were waiting for a liver transplantation.
Some lesser conditions that may lead to the need for liver transplantations are selected cancers, other uncommon diseases, and a situation called fulminant liver failure.
In spite of immunosuppressants, rejection occurs most of the time and requires additional medication.
Infections happen in half the patients and often appear during the first week.
Some transplants never work, some succumb to infection, and some suffer immune rejection.
Since the introduction of cyclosporine (a drug that suppresses the immune response that rejects the donor organ), success rates for liver transplantation have reached 85%.
when a person reaches a certain stage of liver disease, a liver transplant may be the only way to save the patient's life.
M. Fe Caces has written: 'U.S. alcohol epidemiologic data reference manual' -- subject(s): Alcoholism, Cirrhosis, Epidemiology, Liver, Medical Statistics, Mortality, Statistics
The survival rate at one year after transplant was 77% for lung transplants and 64% for heart-lung transplants
Mortality rates and statistics can change over time, and it's essential to refer to the latest reports from reputable health organizations or governmental health agencies for the most up-to-date information on liver cancer deaths. You can check sources like the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or other relevant health authorities for the latest statistics on liver cancer mortality.
There are no real solid statistics that I can find stating exact survival times for the various stages of liver cancer. It appears that from the time of the diagnosis a patient will survive 1 to 5 years. These are the best estimates I found.
During the most recent year for which statistics are available, 14,003 people in the U.S. died of both fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver. that is 47 deaths perone million people. The number who died from cirrhosis is not known.
The two main branches of statistics is Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.