Improving Outcomes with Surgical Resection and Other Ablative Therapies in HCC

Table 1

Results of liver transplantation for HCC.

Author	Year	Number of patients	Inclusion criteria if any	3-year survival (%)	5-year survival (%)
Iwatsuki et al. [11]	1991	105	None	47
Bismuth et al. [12]	1993	60	None	47
Ringe et al. [13]	1991	61	None		15.2
Mazzaferro et al. [14]	1996	48	Milan criteria		74 (4-year)
Jonas et al. [15]	2001	120	Milan		71
Figueras et al. [16]	2001	307	Milan		63
Yao et al. [23]	2001	70	USCF		75^a
Onaca et al. [24]	2007	1206	Milan		62
Duffy et al. [25]	2007	467	Milan; UCSF		79; 64^b
Pelletier et al. [22]	2009	2898	Milan		65^c
Cescon et al. [29]	2010	283	Milan		75

UCSF: University of California San Francisco criteria (single tumour <6.5 cm, 2-3 tumours, none >4.5 cm and total tumour dimensions up to 8 cm).
^aSurvival for all patients within UCSF criteria.
^bSurvival for patients beyond Milan but within UCSF criteria.
^cIntention-to-treat survival: 61%.