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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Transpl. 2014 May 26;20(7):765–774. doi: 10.1002/lt.23876

Table 2.

Tumor Characteristics Total Clear and Confined Other p

n 26 10 16

Data Based on Pre-Transplant Imaging Studies
  Known Tumor 73.1% (19) 60.0% (6) 81.2% (13) 0.36
  # of Dominant Tumor Nodules
    1 42.1% (8) 16.7% (1) 53.8% (7) 0.18
    2 36.8% (7) 50.0% (3) 30.8% (4) 0.62
    3+ 21.1% (4) 33.3% (2) 15.4% (2) 0.56
  Largest Nodule Diameter in cm (mean +/− SD) 2.87 +/− 1.28 2.28 +/− 0.38 2.78 +/− 1.23 0.80
  Total Tumor Diameter in cm (mean +/− SD) 3.79 +/− 1.74 3.76 +/− 0.77 3.31 +/− 1.35 0.15

  Bilobar in Patients, % of patients w/ Known 29.4% (5) 50% (3) 15.4% (2) 0.26
  Treatment in Patients, % of patients w/ Known
    TACE 35.3% (6) 16.7% (1) 38.5% (5) 0.60
    RFA 5.0% (1) 0.0% (0) 7.7% (1) 1.00
    Resection 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) n/a
    None 64.7% (11) 83.3% (5) 53.8% (7) 0.33
  Outside Milan, % of patients w/ Known 35.3% (6) 33.3% (2) 30.8% (4) 1.00
  Outside UCSF, % of patients w/ Known 23.5% (4) 33.3% (2) 15.4% (2) 0.55

Data Based on Pathology Examination of Explant
  # of Dominant Tumor Nodules
    1 34.6% (9) 30.0% (3) 37.5% (6) 1.00
    2 23.1% (6) 30.0% (3) 18.8% (3) 0.64
    3+ 42.3% (11) 40.0% (4) 43.8% (7) 1.00
  Largest Nodule Diameter in cm (mean +/− SD) 3.02 +/− 1.44 3.04 +/− 0.76 3.57 +/− 1.61 0.34
  Cumulative Tumor Nodule Diameter in cm (mean
+/− SD)
4.91 +/− 2.96 6.52 +/− 0.15 5.23 +/− 2.87 0.68

  Incidental Tumor(Y), % 26.9% (7) 40.0% (4) 18.8% (3) 0.37
  Bilobar (Y), % 88.5% (23) 90.0% (9) 87.5% (14) 0.85
  Differentiation, %
    Poor 3.8% (1) 10.0% (1) 0.0% (0) 0.41
    Moderate to Poor 15.4% (4) 10.0% (1) 18.8% (3) 1.00
    Moderate 46.2% (12) 50.0% (5) 43.8% (7) 1.00
    Moderate to Well 11.5% (3) 10.0% (1) 7.7% (2) 1.00
    Well 3.8% (1) 0.0% (0) 6.2% (1) 1.00
  Macroscopic Vascular Invasion 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) n/a
  Microscopic Vascular Invasion 88.5% (23) 90.0% (9) 87.5% (14) 0.85
  Positive Surgical Margin 0.0%(0) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) n/a
  Positive Lymph Nodes 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) n/a