Surgical treatment for liver cancer

Table 1 Indication for curative resection of HCC

Early stage HCC

Satisfactory liver function tests

Single nodule ≤ 5 cm; 3 nodules ≤ 3 cm

Okuda[59] stage 1 or 2

Child-Pugh[4] A or B

WHO Performance Score 0

No portal hypertension

No portal thrombosis

Normal bilirubin

HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.

Table 2 Survival data for patients who underwent hepatic resection for HCC and colorectal liver metastases

	Number of patients	Morbidity (%)	Mortality (%)	Recurrence (%)	DFS 5 yr (%)	Survival (%)
						1 yr	3 yr	5 yr	10 yr
Hepatic resection for HCC
Ng et al[3]	784	23	2	34	40	88	76	58	NA
Esnaola et al[12]	586	NA	4	NA	NA	NA	NA	36	14
Wayne et al[13]	249	NA	6	NA	NA	NA	NA	41	NA
Shimozawa et al[16]	135	25	2	82	30	NA	73	55	18
Ercolani et al[17]	224	36	NA	42	27	83	63	43	NA
Borie et al[25]	107	NA	6	NA	NA	NA	NA	33	NA
Zhang et al[24]	412	NA	3	71	26	80	53	30	NA
Hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases
Gomez et al[50]	501	NA	4	87	13.4	NA	NA	62	NA
Arru et al[45]	297	17	1	NA	NA	91	51	28	17
Aoki et al[44]	187	NA	NA	74	19	NA	49	30	22
Fong et al[26]	1001	NA	3	NA	NA	89	57	37	22
Kato et al[60]	585	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	33	NA
Mala et al[61]	137	NA	3	NA	NA	NA	NA	29	NA
Rees et al[42]	107	3	1	NA	NA	94	56	37	NA

DFS: Disease free survival; NA: Not available.