Efficacy of surgical resection in management of isolated extrahepatic metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 3 Clinical features of patients who underwent surgical resection for extrahepatic metastases from HCC with favorable outcomes

No. ofpatient	Age (yr)/Sex	Treatments for intrahepatic HCC	Extrahepatic metastases		Follow-up after metastases (mo)	Outcome
			Duration to metastases (mo)	Location/Management
1	44/Male	Hepatic resection: 1 time	7	Lung/wedge resection	40	Alive
		TACE: 1 time
2	36/Female	Hepatic resection: 1 time	16	T-spine/resection of tumor	89	Dead
		TACE: 1 time		Lung/wedge resection
3	31/Female	Hepatic resection: 1 time	11	Transverse colon and peritoneal soft tissue/surgical resection	67	Alive
		TACE: 3 times
4	51/Male	Hepatic resection: 1 time	32	Peritoneal soft tissue/surgical resection	96	Alive
		TACE: 2 times
		PEI: 1 time
		RFA:1 time
5	67/Male	TACE: 11 times	7	Abdominal wall/wide excision	57	Dead
		PEI: 8 times