Table 1.

Recurrence and resection rates following liver transplantation.

Authors	Year of publication	Liver transplantations	Total number of recurrences	Resections for recurrent HCC
Pfeiffenberger et al. [29]	2013	136	18	3 (16.6%)
Hwang et al. [23]	2012	587	43	23∗
Chok et al. [16]	2011	139	24	17 (70.8%)
Pfiffer et al. [24]	2011	139	24	7 (29.1%)
Kornberg et al. [17]	2010	60	16	7 (44%)
Shin et al. [30]	2010	138	28	4 (14.3%)
Valdivieso et al. [19]	2010	182	23	11 (47.8%)
Taketomi et al. [25]	2010	101	17	9 (52.9%)
Roayaie et al. [12]	2004	311	57	15 (32%)
Schlitt et al. [11]	1999	69	39	15 (38%)
Regalia et al. [26]	1998	132	21	7 (32%)

^∗Hwang et al. reported on 43 HCC cases with pulmonary recurrences after LT. 23 patients underwent resections.