Fig. 8

Case study of post-Tx recurrence in six HCC patients with false negative cross-sectional imaging assessment and positive HCC EV TR Score readouts. A swimmer plot illustrates the clinical histories of 6 HCC patients who exhibited discrepancies between their cross-sectional imaging assessment and HCC EV TR Score readouts. Each horizontal bar represents an individual patient's timeline from the initial Tx date (x-axis) to post-Tx recurrence based on cross-sectional imaging assessment. Blue triangles indicate the time points of initial cross-sectional imaging. Based on the LR-TR algorithm, all patients were classified as post-Tx nonviable HCC. Yet, their HCC EV TR Scores were above the optimal cutoff of 0.76, suggesting post-Tx viable status. Subsequent follow-up imaging confirmed the presence of viable lesions, consistent with the prediction by HCC EV TR Scores. TACE, transarterial chemoembolization; TARE, transarterial radioembolization; Tx, treatment