Table 2.

Criteria for liver transplantation in patients with HCC.

Center	Criteria	Type of donor	Recurrence-free survival
Milan, Italy41	•Diameter ≤ 5 cm if single lesion •Diameter ≤ 3 cm if multiple lesions and number of lesions ≤ 3	DDLT 100%	75% 4 yr survival
UCSF, USA42	•Diameter ≤ 6.5 cm if single lesion or •Diameter ≤ 4.5 cm if ≤ 3 lesions if total diameter ≤ 8 cm	DDLT 93% LDLT 7%	75% 5 yr survival
Asan, Korea43	•Diameter ≤ 5 cm •No. of lesions ≤ 6 •No gross vascular invasion	LDLT 100%	76.3% 5 yr survival
Kyoto, Japan44	•Diameter ≤ 5 cm •No. of lesions ≤ 10 •PIVKA-II ≤ 400 mAU/ml	LDLT 100%	86.7% 5 yr survival
Fukuoka, Japan45	•Diameter or number not limited •No gross vascular invasion or extrahepatic disease	LDLT 100%	74% 3 yr survival
Tokyo, Japan46	•Diameter ≤ 5 cm •No of lesions ≤ 5	LDLT 100%	94% 3 yr survival