Table V. Clinical studies on RFA for HCC with long-term overall survival (≥3 years).

Author, Year	Number of patients	1-year	3-year	5-year
Rossi, 1996 4	39	94%	68%	40%
Buscarini, 2001 5	88	89%	62%	33%
Iannitti, 2002 14	30	92%	60%	NA
Guglielmi, 2003 15	53	87%	45%	NA
Giovannini, 2003 16	56	96%	96%	NA
Vivarelli, 2004 17	79	78%	33%	NA
This study	40	78%	58%	39%

NA: not available.