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. 2016 Jul 28;8(21):881–890. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v8.i21.881

Table 3.

Suggestions for new selection criteria for liver transplantation that integrate α-fetoprotein

Ref. Year No. of patients Study design Criteria AFP cut-off values
Yang et al[56] 2007 63 Retrospective AFP 20 ng/mL, 200 ng/mL, 1000 ng/mL
Tumor size
Number of tumors
Zheng et al[63] 2008 195 Retrospective AFP 400 ng/mL
Total tumor diameter
Histopathologic grade
Lai et al[64] 2012 158 Retrospective AFP 400 ng/mL
Total tumor diameter
Duvoux et al[57] 2012 435 Prospective AFP 100 ng/mL, 1000 ng/mL
Tumor size
Number of tumors
Kashkoush et al[76] 2014 115 Retrospective AFP 400 ng/mL
Actual tumor volume
Toso et al[75] 2015 233 Prospective AFP 400 ng/mL
Total tumor volume
Hong et al[77] 2015 123 Retrospective AFP 200 ng/mL
F-FDG PET positivity

AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; F-FDG PET: F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.