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Table 1 Basic characteristics of patients

From: Survival benefit of hepatic resection versus transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study(year)

Study design

Treatment

Country

Patients

AGE

Sex(M/F)

Tumor size(cm) (<5/≥5)

Tumor Number (S/M)

aType of PVTT (I/II/III/IV)

Child-Pugh (A/B/C)

Virology HBV/Other

Cirrhosis (Yes/No)

Total bilirubin level (μmol/L)

Serum albumin level (g/L)

AFP(mg/L) (<400/≥400)

Fan 2001 [20]

R(1996-1998)

HR

China

74

48.2(20-70)

NA

35/39 (≥10/<10)

46/28

0/58/16/0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  

TACE

 

18

48.2(20-70)

NA

13/5(≥10/<10)

13/5

0/12/6/0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Fan 2003 [19]

R(1997-2000)

HR

China

19

47 (26-75) (All)b

122/16

(All)

9/10 (≥10/<10)

10/9

0/14/5/0

105/33/0 (All)

103/35

(All)

NA

NA

NA

108/30

(≥10/<10)

ng/ml(All)

  

TACE

 

41

47 (26-75)

(All)

122/16

(All)

21/20 (≥10/<10)

26/15

0/26/15/0

105/33/0 (All)

103/35

(All)

NA

NA

NA

108/30

(≥10/<10)

ng/ml(All)

Cheng 2005 [18]

R(2000-2003)

HR

China

7

47.5 ± 6.9

5/2

62.7 ± 49.8 (mm)

7/0

2/4/1/0

NA

6/1/

NA

NA

NA

5/2(≥20/<20)

μg/L

  

TACE

 

38

47.9 ± 10.6

35/3

62.7 ± 49.8 (mm)

30/8

6/11/20/1

NA

32/6

NA

NA

NA

28/10

(≥20/<20)μg/L

Fan 2005 [21]

R(1997-2002)

HR

China

24

15/9

(≥45/<45)

20/4

11/13 (≥10/<10)

14/10

0/16/8/0

18/6/0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  

TACE

 

53

25/28

(≥45/<45)

49/4

28/25 (≥10/<10)

33/20

0/30/23/0

39/14/0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Zhou 2011 [25]

R(2003-2010)

HR

China

38

22/16

(≥50/<50)

35/3

13/25

27/11

0/25/13/0

27/11/0

36/2

14/24

NA

NA

14/24

  

TACE

 

10

5/5

(≥50/<50)

10/0

8/2

3/7

0/4/6/0

4/6/0

10/0

9/1

NA

NA

1/9

Peng 2012 [12]

R(2002-2007)

HR

HongKong

China

201

55 (25-75)

187/14

76/125

95/106

27/68/83/23

197/4/0

172/27

176/25

12.9

36.8

562.3

  

TACE

 

402

55 (23-75)

374/28

178/224

132/270

54/136/166/46

389/13/0

356/46

363/39c

12.5

36.3

598.5

Liu PH 2014 [22]

R(2002-2012)

HR

Taiwan

USA

108

62 ± 15

91/17

NA

57/51

NA

91/17/0

50/58

NA

0.9 ± 0.9

(mg/dL)

38 ± 5

19,532 ± 55,912

(ng/mL)

  

TACE

 

108

61 ± 14

84/24

NA

56/52

NA

95/13/0

49/59

NA

1.0 ± 0.6

(mg/dL)

38 ± 4

32,725 ± 138,234

(ng/mL)

Liu K 2014 [17]

R(2003-2010)

HR

China

41

48.7 ± 10.2

NA

9.3 ± 2.7

41/0

12/21/3/0

35/6/0

32/9

NA

28.5 ± 11.0

39.2 ± 6.1

10/31

  

TACE

 

72

49.7 ± 10.2

NA

10.5 ± 3.6

72/0

24/32/16/0

59/13/0

60/12

NA

29.3 ± 11.5

38.4 ± 5.1

16/56

Ye 2014 [24]

R(2007-2009)

HR

China

90

49.3 ± 10.7

81/9

6.9 ± 1.6

51/39

0/66/24/0

84/6/0

12/78

NA

NA

NA

48/42

  

TACE

 

86

45.6 ± 10.2

80/6

6.5 ± 2.7

32/54

0/66/20/0

78/8/0

18/68

NA

NA

NA

38/48

Lee 2016 [13]

R(2000-2011)

HR

Korea

40

55.0 ± 12.9

30/10

20/20

NA

0/26/14/0

35/5/0

31/9

27/13

0.9 ± 0.9

(mg/dL)

40 ± 0.6

10,728 ± 25,073

(ng/mL)

  

TACE

 

80

58.3 ± 10.5

67/13

10/70

NA

0/31/49/0

58/22/0

54/26

73/7

1.3 ± 1.3 (mg/dL)

36 ± 0.5

27,302 ± 71,902 (ng/mL)

Zheng 2016 [1]

R(2000-2008)

HR

China

96

51.9 ± 14.3

75/21

7.9 ± 2.2

2.4 ± 1.4

25/23/23/25

75/21/0

86/10

82/14

NA

NA

1120.6 ± 3930.7

(ng/mL)

  

TACE

 

134

51.6 ± 13.3

98/36

8.0 ± 2.4

2.7 ± 1.8

31/32/33/38

101/33/0

117/17

118/16

NA

NA

1222.2 ± 2698.1

(ng/mL)

Wang 2016 [11]

R(2002-2014)

HR

HongKong China

745

305/440

(≥50/<50)

679/66

138/607

693/52

263/351/194/0

737/8/0

670/75

513/232

543/202 (<18.8/≥18.8)

47/698 (<35/≥35)

274/471

  

TACE

 

604

319/285

(≥50/<50)

534/70

79/525

474/130

47/288/269/0

567/37/0

125/479

473/131

353/251

(<18.8/≥18.8)

130/474

(<35/≥35)

230/374

  1. R (1996-1998): Retrospective study and the time of patients included in case-control cohort, NA Not applicable, TACE Transarterial chemoembolization, HR Hepatic resection
  2. aThe type of PVTT was performed by Cheng’s classification [26, 27]. b All means data from all included patients, of whom were in HR and TACE group partially