Management of hepatocellular carcinoma in the elderly

Table 2 Outcome of elderly and younger patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing radiofrequency ablation

Ref.	Age limits (yr)	O/Y	Survival (%)			DFS
			1 yr	3 yr	5 yr	1 yr	3 yr	5 yr
Tateishi et al[62]	68	159/160	NA	76	NA	NA	NA	NA
			NA	79	NA	NA	NA	NA
Mirici-Cappa et al[41]	70	159/230	90.1	53.4	29	NA	NA	NA
			89.9	52.9	35.1	NA	NA	NA
Nishikawa et al[31]	75	130/238	90	64.1	44.8	66.9	21.3	19
			97.6	83.7	64b	80.5	40	19.5b
Takahashi et al[32]	75	107/354	NA	82	61	NA	492	562
			NA	80	63	NA	492	562
Kao et al[33]	65	158/100	NA	NA	81.3	NA	NA	NA
			NA	NA	65.4	NA	NA	NA
Hiraoka et al[63]	75	63/143	93	83	501	NA	NA	NA
			93	78	58	NA	NA	NA

Data on younger patients are reported in italics. Only articles reporting on either survival and disease free survival (DFS) or overall recurrence² were considered.

^bP = 0.001;

¹Not significant. O/Y: Old/young; NA: Not available.