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Waiting list candidates with or without hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent liver transplantation within 1, 2 and 3 months are stratified by model for end stage liver disease (MELD) at a snapshot in time (January 1, 2006). A higher percentage of patients were transplanted with HCC within 3 months of listing compared to non-HCC patients even while exhibiting high MELD scores, or if the etiology of liver disease met other exception (EXc) criteria
