Complete response with sorafenib and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Cases of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with portal vein tumor thrombosis who achieved complete response in the literature

Age	Sex	Etiology	Extrahepatic metastasis	Pre-AFP	Post-AFP	Sorafenib dose	Duration (mo)	Time to CR (mo)	Resection	Other therapy	Follow-up period (mo)
54	Male	Hepatitis C	Lung	52347	30.2	800-400	5	5	+	EBRT	14
83	Male	None	Lung	41948	W.N.L.	800-400-200-100	34	8	-	TACE RFA HAI	34
59	Male	Hemochromatosis	Little omentum LN	866	W.N.L.	800	6	6	+	None	16
57	Male	Hepatitis B	None	17000	W.N.L.	800-400	12	12	+	None	12
74	Male	Hepatitis C	ND	3300	W.N.L.	400	8	8	-	None	24
84	ND	Hepatitis C	None	353	W.N.L.	800	12	6	-	None	12
69	Male	Hepatitis C	None	n.d.	ND	800-400-200	62	23	-	None	62
74	Male	None	ND	33058	2	800-400-200	19	19	-	None	19
68	Male	Hepatitis C	Dissemination	4773	45.7	800-400	28	24	+	None	40
48	Male	Hepatitis C	None	135835	W.N.L.	800	9	4	-	None	31
67	Male	None	None	3385	W.N.L.	800	14	14	+	TACE	26

AFP: α-fetoprotein; CR: Complete response; LN: Lymph node; W.N.L.: Within normal limit; EBRT: External beam radiotherapy; TACE: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; RFA: Radiofrequency ablation; HAI: Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy; ND: Not described.