Table 1 Number of patients (%) for patient and tumor characteristics of each treatment group

Age

0.622

 Range (median, years)

41–83 (55)

35–77 (60)

42–74 (59)

24–84 (59)

Sex

0.426

 Male

14 (58)

33 (70)

29 (78)

49 (70)

 Female

10 (42)

14 (30)

8 (22)

21 (30)

BCLC stage

0.135

 0

9 (38)

8 (17)

6 (16)

12 (17)

 A

15 (63)

39 (83)

31 (84)

58 (83)

CTP score

0.040

 5

18 (75)

42 (89)

26 (70)

47 (67)

 6

3 (13)

5 (11)

7 (19)

16 (23)

 7

3 (13)

0 ( 0)

4 (11)

7 (10)

Tumor size

0.073

 Range (median, cm)

0.5–8 (2.1)

1–8 (2.8)

0.8–10 (3.4)

0.5–10 (3.8)

 0.1–3.0 cm

19 (79)

32 (68)

18 (49)

36 (51)

 3.1–10.0 cm

5 (21)

15 (32)

19 (51)

34 (49)