Table 1.

Comparison of patients’ und tumor characteristics according to rate of necrosis on explant specimen.

	Complete necrosis (n=17)	Partial necrosis (n=18)	Viable tumor (n=5)	p
Milan in pre-treatment (%)	5.9	28.9	40.0	0.0560
AFP pre-treatment (U/mL)	8.3 [1.0–1262.0]	76.0 [3.7–13926.0]	176.1 [4.7–7454.0]	0.0425
AFP post-treatment (U/mL)	15.8 [3.1–113.4]	36.6 [4.9–6373.0]	54.7 [6.2–5496.0]	0.2885
Time to LT after bridging (days)	180 [26–658]	146 [13–528]	95 [37–473]	0.8450
Maximum tumor size (cm)	2.7 [0.7–8.0]	2.4 [1.3–10.5]	4.5 [2.4–9.0]	0.1465
Tumor grading >G2 (%)	0.0	22.2	20.0	0.1200
Microvascular invasion V1 (%)	0.0	16.7	60.0	0.0041
Tumor recurrence (%)	11.8	27.8	40.0	0.3183

LT – liver transplantation.