Multimodality treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with tumor thrombi in portal vein

Table 3 Survival time and rates of patients with the tumor thrombi in the main trunk and the first branch of portal vein

	Tumor thrombi in the main trunk				Tumor thrombi in the first branch
	Gr.A (n = 12)	Gr.B (n = 6)	Gr.C (n = 16)	Gr.D (n = 5)	Gr.A (n = 6)	Gr.B (n = 12)	Gr.C (n = 58)	Gr.D (n = 24)
MST* (months)	2.0	5.5	8.0	16.0	2.0	5.0	13.0	16.5
Survival rate
1-year (%)	8.3	33.3	29.4	80.0	0	16.7	59.7	79.2
3-year (%)	0	0	14.3	20.0	0	8.3	27.4	54.6
5-year (%)	0	0	11.1	0	0	0	8.8	42.0

*MST: Median survival time.