Table 1. Baseline characteristics of all 5 patients.

Patient No./Age/gender	PRETEXT stage	Tumor size at diagnosis (cm)	Pre-surgery treatments	Tumor size after chemotherapy (cm)	Involved Couinaud segments at the time of surgery	Surgery	Post-surgery chemotherapy	Interval time between surgery and recurrences (months)	Location of recurrences	No. of recurrence	Maximum size in diameter of recurrences (cm)	The site of tumor recurrence in the liver
1/2y6m/F	II	9 × 8 × 8	Chemotherapy	3.8 × 2.6 × 5.3	S2.3.4	Left hemihepatectomy	Yes	4	Liver	2	1.2–2.1	S6
2/4y/F	IV	9.4 × 7.4 × 5.1, 5.1 × 3.9 × 3.8	Chemotherapy	6.0 × 4.5, 2.2 × 1.5	S4/S4.8	Left trisectionectomy	Yes	11	Liver	1	3.1	S1
3/11y/M	II	8.6 × 5.7 × 6.2	None	–	S5.6	Tumor resection	Yes	73	Liver	3	0.7–1.5	S6
4/1y11m/F	III	8.9 × 7.1 × 7.0	Chemotherapy, TACE	6.9 × 5.6 × 5.4	S2.4	Left hemihepatectomy	Yes	2	Lung	1	1.0	–
5/3y3m/M	III	9.8 × 8.1 × 7.7	Chemotherapy	6.2 × 6.0 × 5.2	S4	Segmentectomy	Yes	9	Liver	1	1.0	S5