Hepatocellular carcinoma, n = 42 | ||||||
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CK19 liver a | CK19 lymph node b | |||||
Negative | Positive (%) | P value | Negative | Positive (%) | P value | |
Age (yr) | ||||||
≦60 | 24 | 5 (17.2) | 0.275 | 26 | 3 (10.3) | 0.497 |
>60 | 9 | 4 (30.8) | 11 | 2 (15.4) | ||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 26 | 8 (23.5) | 0.443 | 30 | 4 (11.8) | 0.673 |
Female | 7 | 1 (12.5) | 7 | 1 (12.5) | ||
Hepatitis B virus | ||||||
Positive | 24 | 4 (14.3) | 0.117 | 26 | 2 (7.1) | 0.197 |
Negative | 9 | 5 (35.7) | 11 | 3 (21.4) | ||
Hepatitis C virus | ||||||
Positive | 7 | 2 (22.2) | 0.633 | 8 | 1 (11.1) | 0.712 |
Negative | 26 | 7 (21.2) | 29 | 4 (12.1) | ||
Total bilirubin(mg/dl) c | 1.348 ± 2.373 | 0.844 ± 0.335 | 0.533 | 1.303 ± 2.236 | 0.760 ± 0.270 | 0.595 |
Alkaline phosphotase (U/L) c | 111.4 ± 70.447 | 93.86 ± 30.905 | 0.527 | 111.63 ± 68.54 | 85.40 ± 26.444 | 0.408 |
Preoperative α-fetoprotein (ng/ml) c | 8300 ± 39207 | 669.42 ± 1258 | 0.589 | 7594 ± 37510 | 1033 ± 1525 | 0.701 |
Child-Pugh classification | ||||||
A | 32 | 9 (21.9) | 0.786 | 36 | 5 (12.2) | 0.881 |
B | 1 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | ||
Size (cm) | 9.027 ± 5.2192 | 6.156 ± 3.0121 | 0.124 | 8.519 ± 5.1876 | 7.620 ± 2.7472 | 0.708 |
T stage | ||||||
T1/T2 | 13 | 5 (27.8) | 0.524 | 16 | 2 (11.1) | 0.688 |
T3/T4 | 20 | 4 (16.7) | 21 | 3 (12.5) | ||
N stage | ||||||
N0 | 24 | 2 (7.7) | 0.005 | 26 | 0 (0) | 0.002 |
N1 | 9 | 7 (43.8) | 11 | 5 (31.3) | ||
Encapsulation | ||||||
Yes | 19 | 1 (5) | 0.013 | 19 | 1 (5) | 0.203 |
No | 14 | 8 (36.4) | 18 | 4 (18.2) | ||
Tumor rupture | ||||||
Yes | 4 | 0 (0) | 0.366 | 4 | 0 (0) | 0.590 |
No | 29 | 9 (23.4) | 33 | 5 (13.2) | ||
Vascular invasion | ||||||
Yes | 12 | 4 (25) | 0.471 | 12 | 4 (25) | 0.061 |
No | 21 | 5 (19.2) | 25 | 1 (3.8) | ||
Daughter nodules | ||||||
Yes | 13 | 3 (18.75) | 0.529 | 15 | 1 (6.25) | 0.359 |
No | 20 | 6 (23.07) | 22 | 4 (15.4) | ||
Resection margin | ||||||
Positive | 4 | 1 (20) | 0.606 | 5 | 0 (0) | 0.284 |
Negative | 29 | 8 (21.6) | 32 | 5 (13.5) | ||
Edmonson and Steiner grade | ||||||
I/II | 15 | 4 (21.1) | 0.180 | 18 | 1 (5.3) | 0.341 |
III/IV | 18 | 5 (21.7) | 19 | 4 (17.4) |