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Table 2 Main characteristics of patients treated with sorafenib in the included studies

From: A meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of adjuvant sorafenib for hepatocellular carcinoma after resection

Author

Year

Sample size (sorafenib)

Media age

Male (%)

Tumor size (cm)

HRs

Initial dose (sorafenib)

Duration (months; median and range)

Risk factors

Wang SN

2014

14

61.43

92.9

Median 6.26 ± 2.12

UV/MV

400 mg

4

MVI (78.16%)

Zhang W

2014

32

51.7

78.1

Median 5.7 ± 0.6

UV/MV

400 mg

–

Multiple tumors (53.1%)

Portal vein thrombosis (25%)

TNM stage III (31.2%)

Bruix J

2015

556

58

81

Median 3.5 (1.0–20)

UV

400 mg

12.5 (2.6–35.8)

MVI (68%)

Antonious

2016

16

65.5

81.3

Median 7.8 (6.0–9.8)

UV

200–400 mg

–

MVI (61.5%)

Li J

2016

12

49.8

100

Largest 9.8 ± 2.1

UV

400 mg

–

BCLC C (100%) portal vein

Thrombus (100%)

Xia F

2016

34

48

73.5

Media 6.4 (2.8–20.2)

MV

400 mg

22.9

BCLC C (100%)

Chen BF

2016

24

48

91.67

Media 4.4 (0.8–10.5)

UV

400 mg

6

–

Liao Y

2017

14

47.4

78.6

<10 (71.4%) ≥ 10 (28.6%)

UV/MV

400 mg

14.3 (2.6–24.2)

Tumor size

Zhuang L

2017

27

48.2

92.6%

Media 7.8 ± 3.9

UV/MV

400 mg

7.3 (5.8–8.9)

BCLC B/C

Huang Y

2019

16

52.25

75%

≤5 (37.5%) > 5 (62.5%)

UV/MV

400 mg

45.52 (1.10–70.97)

MVI

Wang DS

2019

98

46.5

87.76

Largest 7.91 ± 3.42

UV

400 mg

–

BCLC B/C

Zhang XP

2019

147

47

87.8

Media 6.0 (4.0–9.6)

UV

400 mg

–

MVI

Sheng PC

2020

49

–

73.4

≤5 (58.3%) > 5 (41.7%)

UV/MV

400 mg

–

MVI

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