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. 2020 Apr 27;12(4):149–158. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v12.i4.149

Table 2.

Recurrence characteristics

mTOR inhibitor (n = 79) No mTOR inhibitor (n = 64) P value
Date of recurrence 7/2013 3/2008 < 0.001
Age at recurrence (years) 58 (52-64) 55 (46-61) 0.06
Time from transplant (mo) 12 (6-24) 12 (5-25) 0.73
Number of tumours 2 (1-5) 5 (1-9) 0.02
Size of largest tumour (cm) 2.0 (1.1-3.2) 2.1 (1.1-3.9) 0.74
Number of organs involved 1 (1-1) 1 (1-2) 0.50
Site of recurrence
Liver 34 (43%) 28 (44%) 0.93
Lung 36 (46%) 35 (55%) 0.33
Bone 17 (22%) 6 (9%) 0.049
Peritoneum 4 (5%) 8 (13%) 0.11
Adrenal 5 (6%) 6 (9%) 0.50
Lymph node 6 (8%) 4 (6%) 0.75
AFP upon recurrence (ng/mL) 14 (4-139) 32 (6-855) 0.19
Immunosuppression
Calcineurin Inhibitor 49 (62%) 62 (97%) < 0.001
Tacrolimus level 3.0 (0-4.9) 5.2 (3.7-6.1) 0.03
Treatment
Surgery 22 (28%) 11 (17%) 0.13
RFA 7 (9%) 6 (9%) 0.89
TACE 19 (24%) 10 (16%) 0.23
Radiotherapy 31 (39%) 14 (22%) 0.03
Targeted therapy 47 (59%) 15 (23%) < 0.001
Immunotherapy 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 0.18
Supportive 3 (4%) 23 (36%) < 0.001

AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; RFA: Radiofrequency ablation; TACE: Trans-arterial chemoembolization; mTOR: Mammalian target of rapamycin.