20th ILTS Annual Congress was organized on 23-26th May in Portugal’s capital Lisbon. 1200 professionals from 40 countries participated in the congress, there were 50 people representing Turkey.
Main topic of the congress was the pioneer developments on liver transplant.The participants shared their ideas on the liver transplants for colon cancers and new, untested transplants for the new cancer types such as cholangiocarcinoma. In addition, the question if liver transplant can be performed for metastatic tumors was also discussed. New medicines and treatment alternatives were the other topics of the sessions.
Besides all these developments, participants talked how the success rate of the liver transplants can be increased. Pushing the limits on liver transplants was the other topic of the sessions, professionals shared their ideas on being more profitable for the patients.