Treatment strategies for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: Sorafenib vs hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy

Table 6 Clinical characteristics of three advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients with complete response who have survived over 10 years

Age diagnosed as HCC	Sex	Etiology	Child-Pugh	Tumor stage1	Previous treatment	Maximum tumor size (mm)	Vascular invasion1	Regimen	Therapeutic effect	AFP (ng/mL)	DCP (mAU/mL)	HCC recurrence	Prognosis	Cause of death
67	Male	HCV	A (5)	IVA	None	110	Vp4, Vv0	Low-dose FP	CR	120700	260	62 mo	151 mo (dead)	Hepatic failure
66	Male	HCV	A (5)	III	None	50	Vp0, Vv0	Low-dose FP + IV	CR	6.4	2970	None	176 mo (dead)	Larynx cancer
44	Male	HBV	B (7)	III	None	150	Vp3, Vv3	Low-dose FP + IV + Peg IFN	CR	7145	233640	None	148 mo (alive2)	-

¹According to the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan;

²The follow-up period ended on January 31, 2018. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; DCP: Des-γ-carboxyprothrombin; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; CR: Complete remission; Low-dose FP: Low-dose cisplatin combined with 5-FU; IV: Isovorin; Peg IFN: Pegylated interferon.