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Table 3 Pattern of recurrence and treatment in the RT and Control groups

From: Postoperative adjuvant treatment strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma with microvascular invasion: a non-randomized interventional clinical study

Recurrence Pattern

RT

Control

p value

Location (for all)

10

18

1.000

intrahepatic

8 (80%)

13 (72.2%)

 

extrahepatic

2 (20%)

5 (27.8%)

 

Location (intrahepatic)

8

13

0.325

Margin

3 (37.5)

2 (15.4%)

 

non-margin

5 (62.5)

11 (84.6)

 

Growth Pattern (intrahepatic)

8

13

0.367

Nodular

6 (75%)

6 (46.2)

 

diffuse

2 (25%)

7 (53.8)

 

Growth Pattern (extrahepatic)

2

5

0.143

limited

2 (100.0%)

1 (20%)

 

disseminated

0 (0%)

4 (80.0%)

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