Table 4.

Tumor recurrence status and cause of death of the 15 patients who died during follow-up

Patient	Final status of tumor recurrence	Cause of death
1	HCC recurrence in the liver	Liver tumor progression
2	HCC recurrence in the liver and recurrent lung metastasis	Unknown
3	HCC recurrence in the liver	Liver tumor progression
4	HCC recurrence in the liver, recurrent lung metastasis and brain metastasis	Brain metastasis
5	Lost to follow-up	Unknown
6	HCC recurrence in the liver, recurrent lung metastasis and brain metastasis	Brain metastasis
7	HCC recurrence in the liver	Liver tumor progression
8	HCC recurrence in the liver and recurrent lung metastasis	Liver tumor progression
9	HCC recurrence in the liver and recurrent lung metastasis	Liver tumor progression and respiratory failure
10	HCC recurrence in the liver	Liver tumor progression
11	HCC recurrence in the liver and brain metastasis	Brain metastasis
12	HCC recurrence in the liver and recurrent lung metastasis	Liver tumor progression
13	HCC recurrence in the liver and recurrent lung metastasis	Liver tumor progression
14	Lost to follow-up	Unknown
15	HCC recurrence in the liver	Bleeding of esophageal varices