Table 1

Hepatectomy and TACE for PVTT patients

First authorYearTreatmentnCheng’s type (n)5-year survival rate, %Median survival time, months
Wu CC 292000Surgery112I-II (97)28.5-
III (15)26.4-
Poon RT 322003Surgery20II-III13.36.0
Ikai I 312006Surgery78II (35)10.111.4
III (43)12.08.9
Chen XP 282006Surgery438I-II (286)18.118.8
III (152)010.1
Shi J 262010Surgery406I (139)25.1 (3-year)22
II (169)17.7 (3-year)15
III (78)3.6 (3-year)10
IV (20)0 (3-year)8
II-IV (1021)18.3-
Peng ZW 502012Surgery201I (27)37.9 (3-year)-
II (68)17.2 (3-year)-
III (83)3.6 (3-year)-
IV (23)0 (3-year)-
Liu PH 302014Surgery247I-II5964
Kim KM 392009TACE149I-II (57)
CP Class A
-10.2
CP Class B-5.5
III (92)
CP Class A
-5.3
CP Class B-4.7
Luo J 402011TACE84I/II (40)-10.2
III (44)-5.3
Niu ZJ 272012TACE115I (12)-12
II (52)-8.3
III (42)-5
IV (9)-2.43
Peng ZW 502012TACE402I (54)8.9 (3-year)-
II (136)6 (3-year)-
III (166)4.2 (3-year)-
IV(46)4.3 (3-year)-
Liu L 422014TACE188I-II (98)
CP Class A
-9.8
CP Class B-5.6
III (90)
CP Class A
-4.3
CP Class B-3.4
Liu PH 302014TACE181I-II (181)50 (3-year)32