Table 3. Treatment outcomes of the included studies.
Study | Postoperative Treatment | Treatment (surgery/local ablation) (n) | Follow-up (mo.) | Recurrence rate (%) | Survival rate (%) | ||||
1-year | 2-year | 3-year | 1-year | 2-year | 3-year | ||||
Yoshiji et al. [9] | VK2 (45 mg) | 0/18 | 48.0 | 22.2 | 44 | 61.1 | 100 | 94.4 | 88.9 |
Control arm | 0/25 | 48.0 | 24.0 | 48.0 | 68.0 | 100 | 92.0 | 88.0 | |
Perindopril+VK2 (45 mg) | 0/25 | 48.0 | 12.0 | 28.0 | 32.0 | 100 | 100 | 96.0 | |
Perindopril | 0/19 | 48.0 | 15.8 | 36.8 | 52.6 | 100 | 94.7 | 89.5 | |
Mizuta et al. [10] | VK2 (45 mg) | 1/31 | 28.9 | 12.5 | 39.0 | 64.3 | 100 | 96.6 | 87.0 |
Control arm | 3/26 | 27.7 | 55.2 | 83.2 | 91.6 | 96.4 | 80.9 | 64.0 | |
Kakizaki et al. [11] | VK2 (45 mg) | 4/26 | - | 7.7 | 51.4 | 61.2 | 100 | 95.0 | 77.5 |
Control arm | 7/23 | - | 28.3 | 64.1 | 90.1 | 95.8 | 90.2 | 66.4 | |
Hotta et al. [12] | VK2 (45 mg) | 2/19 | 19.5 | 23.8 | 28.6 | - | 100 | 100 | - |
Control arm | 2/22 | 16.5 | 33.3 | 46.5 | 73.3 | 87.5 | 81.7 | 81.7 | |
Yoshida et al. [13] | VK2 (45 mg) | 9/173 | 36 | 31.2 | - | - | 99.2 | - | - |
VK2 (90 mg) | 5/180 | 36 | 37.7 | - | - | 98.7 | - | - | |
Control arm | 7/174 | 36 | 28.2 | - | - | 97.2 | - | - | |
Kubota et al. [15] | VK2 (45 mg) | 50/0 | - | 20.6 | 36.9 | 43.6 | - | - | - |
Control arm | 51/0 | - | 30.0 | 52.0 | 76.1 | - | - | - | |
Hosho et al. [16] | VK2 (45 mg) | 2/21 | 23.8 | 26.1 | 32.8 | 78.1 | 100 | 93.3 | 85.6 |
Control arm | 7/42 | 26.9 | 49.0 | 61.7 | 67.6 | 93.3 | 79.1 | 56.5 |
Abbreviation: VK2, vitamin K2 analog.