Table 2.

Five-year OS rates (%) in patients who underwent resection, ablation, TACE, and HAIC assorted by year of initial diagnosis

	Resection (n=42,713)		Ablation (n=37,196)		TACE (n=61,460)		HAIC (n=14,246)
	n	5-year	n	5-year	n	5-year	n	5-year
		OS rate,%		OS rate,%		OS rate,%		OS rate,%
1978–1980	505	14.5			93	5.4	889	2.5
1981–1985	2,363	28.7*			1,682	17.8*	1,755	8.3*
1986–1990	5,959	40.5*	1,962	32.8	8,423	22.3*	1,821	14.6*
1991–1995	9,822	49.5*	7,246	37.7*	14,806	26.2*	1,079	16.0
1996–2000	11,562	54.5*	12,923	43.1*	18,037	30.5*	3,198	32.0*
2001–2005	12,502	58.4*	15,065	47.6*	18,419	35.0*	5,504	31.9

^*p<0.0001 compared with the preceding time period.