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OPTN/UNOS policy mandates a 6-month waiting period before exception scores are granted to liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aims to evaluate waitlist and post-transplant outcomes, in HCC patients, before and after implementation of the 6-month waiting rule. We examined two groups from the UNOS registry; Group 1 (pre 6-month rule) comprised patients registered as transplant candidates with HCC from Jan. 1, 2013 to Oct. 7, 2015 (n=4,814). Group 2 (post 6-month rule) comprised patients registered