Original Article
Copyright ©2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Transplant. Jun 24, 2014; 4(2): 122-132
Published online Jun 24, 2014. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v4.i2.122
Table 5 Comparison between liver-transplanted patients with de novo tumour receiving everolimus and a historical cohort not receiving mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors
Patients receiving everolimusn =13Historical controls without mTORin = 13P
Recipient age at transplant (yr)60.8 ± 5.859.5 ± 6.6NS
Recipient sex (male-female) (%)77-2375-25NS
Indication for LT (%)NS
Postnecrotic-HCC in cirrhosis68%70%NS
Mean time from LT to diagnosis of de novo tumour (mo)67 ± 5065.9 ± 37NS
Tumour site and histologyNS
Colon ADK44
Prostate ADK22
Lung SCC11
Larynx SCC (4)22
Esophagus SCC(3) + ADK(1)22
Anus SCC11
Breast IDC11
Type of treatmentNS
Surgery ± QT ± RT1010
QT ± RT33NS
Immunosuppression at diagnosis
Cyclosporine-tacrolimus (%)8-9224-76NS
Mean patient survival from diagnosis of tumour (mo)32.9 ± 1530.7 ± 20.6NS