Table 3 Outcomes of hepatic resection for patients with BCLC stage B/C HCC in literature review
Study | Patient origins | Recruitment period | Number | HCC characteristics | Hospital mortality (%) | Median survival (month) | Overall survival | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1Â year | 3Â years | 5Â years | |||||||
Single, large, and/or multinodular HCC | |||||||||
 Cheng et al. [13] | Taiwan | 1999–2005 | 104 | >5 cm | 7.3 | – | 90 | – | 66 |
 Heng-Jun et al. [14] | China | 2000–2009 | 151 | BCLC B | – | 61.8 | 99 | 68 | 52 |
 Ho et al. [15] | Taiwan | 1981–2000 | 294 | BCLC B | – | 37.9 | 77.4 | 51.9 | 36.6 |
 Hsu et al. [16] | Taiwan | 2002–2010 | 268 | BCLC B+C | 2.7 | – | 81 | 63 | 43 |
 Jin et al. [17] | South Korea | 1998–2013 | 62 | BCLC B | 11.1 | – | 83.2 | 75.7 | 65 |
 Jianyong et al. [18] | China | 2002–2008 | 433 | BCLC B | 2.3 | – | 91.8 | 84.2 | 70.8 |
 Lee et al. [19] | Korea | 1997–2003 | 100 | >10 cm | 2.0 | – | 66 | 44 | 31 |
 Lim et al. [20] | Japan | 1994–2010 | 172 | >5 cm | 1 | – | – | – | 58 |
 Lin et al. [21] | Taiwan | 2001–2007 | 93 | BCLC B | 5.4 | 29.9 ± 20.1 | 83 | 49 | – |
 Ng et al. [22] | Asia, Europe, USA | 1982–2001 | 380 | >5 cm | 2.7 | – | 74 | 50 | 39 |
 Nojiri et al. [23] | Japan | 1992–2011 | 107 | >5 cm | – | – | – | 62 | 38.1 |
 Pandey et al. [24] | Singapore | 1995–2006 | 166 | >10 cm | 3.0 | – | – | – | 29 |
 Poon et al. [25] | Hong Kong | 1991–2000 | 120 | >10 cm | 5.0 | – | 61 | 38 | 28 |
 Wang et al. [26] | Taiwan | 1986–2002 | 243 | BCLC B | – | 60.4 ± 6.1 | 81.5 | 64.4 | 50.5 |
 Yin et al. [27] | China | 2008–2010 | 88 | BCLC B | 11.3 | 41 | 76.1 | 51.5 | – |
 Zhong et al. [28] | China | 2000–2010 | 660 | BCLC B | 2.6 | – | 91 | 67 | 44 |
 Zhong et al. [29] | China | 2000–2007 | 257 | BCLC B | 3.1 | 42.9 ± 26.1 | 84 | 59 | 37 |
Macrovascular invasion HCC | |||||||||
 Chang et al. [30] | Taiwan | 1991–2006 | 160 | BCLC C | 2.7 | – | 58 | 34 | 29 |
 Huang et al. [31] | China | 1998–2008 | 116 | >15 cm | 3.4 | – | 71 | 23 | 11 |
 Ikai et al. [32] | Japan | 1992–2003 | 976 | BCLC C | 2.5 | – | 50 | 26 | 18 |
 Pawlik et al. [33] | Asia, Europe, USA | 1984–1999 | 102 | BCLC C | 5.9 | – | 45 | 17 | 10 |
 Shi et al. [34] | China | 2001–2003 | 406 | BCLC C | 0.2 | – | 34 | 13 | – |
 Torzilli et al. [35] | China, Europe, USA | 1990–2009 | 297 | BCLC C | 3.0 | – | 76 | 49 | 38 |
 Yang et al. [36] | China | 2001–2007 | 511 | BCLC C | 3.0 | – | 70 | 41 | 31 |