showed a trendP = 0.071
Regarding distant control, while the HAIC cohort (90.3%) showed a trend toward better control compared to the systemic therapy cohort (72.7%), the difference was not statistically significant ( P = 0.071).At the first reassessment (C2, Supplementary Table 2 ), most patients remained at stage IV with multiple metastases, and intergroup differences in tumor burden or hematologic indices were not significant.