Table 3.

Predictive imaging markers of surgical resection and transplantation

Treatment	Reference	Study design	No. of patients	Follow-up duration	Poor predictive imaging finding	Primary outcome
Surgical resection	Shin et al [63]	Retrospective, single-center	281	2 years	LR-M compared to LR-4/5, largest tumor size of ≥ 3 cm	Early recurrence
Surgical resection	Jiang et al [65]	Retrospective, single-center	532	1 to 11 years	Tumor size, arterial phase hyperenhancement	HCC recurrence
Surgical resection	Wei et al [38]	Retrospective, single-center	103	Median of 22.1 months	Corona enhancement, peritumoral hypointensity on hepatobiliary phase, satellite nodule	Early recurrence
Surgical resection	Wei et al [31]	Retrospective, single-center	111	Median of 22.1 months	Blood products in mass, corona enhancement	Recurrence
Surgical resection	Zhang et al [67]	Retrospective, single-center	82	1 year	Corona enhancement, irregular tumor margin	Early recurrence
Surgical resection	Chen et al [68]	Retrospective, single-center	149	3 years	Multifocal tumors, absence of fat in mass, nonsmooth tumor margin	Recurrence
Surgical resection	Bae et al [39]	Retrospective, single-center	183	Median of 51 months	Large tumor size on hepatobiliary phase	Disease-free survival, overall survival
Liver transplant	Lee et al [64]	Retrospective, multicenter	140	7 years	LR-M compared to LR-4/5	Recurrence-free survival