Table 4.

Characteristics of 12 Patients Before and After Surgery

Patient No.	Tumor Thrombus Regression	Surgical Method for Thrombus	Intrahepatic Tumor pCR	Tumor Thrombus pCR	Recurrence	Recurrence Site
1	Yes	En bloc resection	No	No	No
2	Yes	En bloc resection	No	No	No
3	Yes	Extraction	No	No	Yes	Lung
4	Yes	Extraction	No	No	Yes	Liver
5	Yes	En bloc resection	Yes	Yes	No
6	No	Not extraction	No	Yes	No
7	Yes	En bloc resection	No	No	Yes	Liver
8	Yes	En bloc resection	Yes	Yes	No
9	No	Not extraction	No	Yes	Yes	Liver
10	No	Not extraction	No	Yes	Yes	Liver
11	Yes	Extraction	Yes	Yes	No
12	No	Extraction	No	Yes	No

Abbreviation: pCR, pathological complete response.