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HCC and cirrhosis. The indication of transplantation in patients with HCC still continues to be under
debate in Japan.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Designed the study: Yamamoto H, Hibi T
Wrote the draft of the manuscript: Sugawara Y

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Conflicts of interest
All authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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