Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma - factors influencing outcome and disease-free survival

Table 1 Overview of the selection criteria for liver transplantation

Name	Criteria	Ref.
Milan	1 tumor < 5 cm in diameter or	Mazzaferro et al[7]
	≤ 3 tumor nodules, each ≤ 3 cm in diameter
	No extrahepatic manifestation
	No vascular invasion
Up-to-seven criteria (“new Milan”)	Seven as the sum of the size of the largest tumor (in cm) and the number of tumors	Mazzaferro et al[166]
Kyoto	≤ 10 tumors, all ≤ 5 cm in diameter	Takada et al[167]
	PIVKA-II > 400 mAU/mL
UCSF	Solitary tumor ≤ 6.5 cm or	Yao et al[9]
	≤ 3 nodules with largest lesion ≤ 4.5 cm and total tumor diameter ≤ 8 cm
	No gross vascular invasion
Shanghai Fudan	Solitary tumor ≤ 9 cm in diameter or	Fan et al[168]
	≤ 3 lesions with the largest ≤ 5 cm and total tumor diameter ≤ 9 cm
Hangzhou	Total tumor diameter ≤ 8 cm or	Zheng et al[169]
	Total tumor diameter more than 8 cm with histopathological grade I or II and preoperative α-fetoprotein ≤ 400 ng/mL	Lee et al[170]
Asan	Largest tumor diameter ≤ 5 cm
	Hepatocellular carcinoma number ≤ 6
	No gross vascular invasion