Table 1 Patient characteristics
N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age | Median | 50 (range, 40 – 70) | |
Gender | Male | 28 | 80 |
Female | 7 | 20 | |
ECOG | 1 | 18 | 51.4 |
2 | 17 | 48.6 | |
Etiology | Hepatitis B virus | 27 | 77.1 |
Hepatitis C virus | 3 | 8.6 | |
Alcoholic | 2 | 5.7 | |
Other | 3 | 8.6 | |
Child-Pugh classification | A | 28 | 80 |
B | 7 | 20 | |
JIS score | 2 | 26 | 74.3 |
3 | 9 | 25.7 | |
Pretreatment AFP (ng/ml) | ≤ 20 | 10 | 28.6 |
> 20 | 25 | 71.4 | |
Type of HCC | Nodular | 20 | 57.1 |
Diffuse infiltrative | 15 | 42.9 | |
Multiplicity | Solitary | 24 | 68.6 |
Multiple | 11 | 31.4 | |
Location of thrombi | PV branch | 17 | 48.6 |
Main portal trunk | 18 | 51.4 | |
Previous treatment | TACE | 30 | 85.7 |
PEI and HIFU | 1 | 2.9 | |
None | 4 | 11.4 |