Clinical Study

Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single Center Resume Overlooking Four Decades of Experience

Table 4

Tumor morphology, neoadjuvant therapy, tumor response to neoadjuvant therapy, HCC recurrence rate, and HCC recurrence related deaths.

Tumor morphologyNeoadjuvant therapyResponseHCC recurrenceHCC recurrence related death
Vital tumor remnantsFull-necroticNo tumor detectableNo Yes No Yes Not specified

No tumorPEI— — 2 100%2 100%— 2 100%— — 
TACE— — 2 100%2 100%— 2 100%— — 
Surgery— — 9 100%8 89%1 11%8 89%1 11%— 
Surgery + TACE— — 2 100%2 100%— 2 100%— — 
Surgery + TACE + CTX— — 1 100%1 100%— 1 100%— — 
Overall0 0 16 15 1 15 1 0 

UninodularNone48 100%— — 37 77%11 23%39 81%8 17%1 2%
PEI22 73%8 27%— 25 83%5 17%25 83%4 13%1 3%
TACE13 81%3 19%— 12 75%4 25%13 81%3 19%— 
PEI + TACE6 75%2 25%— 7 88%1 13%8 100%— — 
Surgery3 75%1 25%— — 4 100%2 50%2 50%— 
CTX + TACE2 67%1 33%— 3 100%— 3 100%— — 
RFA2 100%— — 2 100%— 2 100%— — 
RFA + TACE— 1 100%— 1 100%— 1 100%— — 
PEI + RFA— 1 100%— 1 100%— 1 100%— — 
Overall96 17 0 88 25 94 17 2 

Multinodular, unilateralNone25 100%— — 14 56%11 44%17 68%8 32%— 
PEI5 83%1 17%— 6 100%— 6 100%— — 
TACE6 86%1 14%— 4 57%3 43%5 71%2 29%— 
PEI + TACE4 100%— — 4 100%— 4 100%— — 
Surgery3 100%— — 1 33%2 67%2 67%1 33%— 
CTX4 100%— — 2 50%2 50%4 100%— — 
Surgery + TACE3 100%— — 1 33%2 67%1 33%2 67%— 
RFA3 100%— — 2 67%1 33%2 67%1 33%— 
Surgery + TACE + CTX1 100%— — 1 100%— 1 100%— — 
RFA + TACE1 100%— — 1 100%— 1 100%— — 
Overall55 2 0 36 21 43 14 0 

Multinodular, bilateralNone34 100%— — 12 35%22 65%15 44%19 56%— 
PEI4 100%— — 4 100%— 4 100%— — 
TACE7 100%— — 2 29%5 71%2 29%5 71%— 
PEI + TACE6 75%2 25%— 5 63%3 38%6 75%2 25%— 
Surgery2 100%— — — 2 100%— 2 100%— 
CTX2 100%— — — 2 100%1 50%1 50%— 
Surgery + TACE2 100%— — 1 50%1 50%1 50%1 50%— 
Surgery + TACE + CTX3 100%— — 3 100%— 3 100%— — 
Surgery + CTX1 100%— — — 1 100%— 1 100%— 
PEI + RFA1 100%— — — 1 100%1 100%— — 
Surgery + PEI1 100%— — — 1 100%1 100%— — 
Overall63 2 0 27 38 34 31 0 

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