|
Variable
|
Patients, n
|
|---|
|
Gender
| |
|
Male
|
53
|
|
Female
|
15
|
|
Age, years
| |
|
≤60
|
43
|
|
>60
|
25
|
|
Virus infection
| |
|
HBV
|
58
|
|
HCV
|
2
|
|
None
|
8
|
|
AFP, ng/ml
| |
|
≤200
|
28
|
|
>200
|
40
|
|
Cirrhosis
| |
|
Present
|
48
|
|
Absent
|
20
|
|
Tumor size, mm
| |
|
≤50
|
18
|
|
>50
|
50
|
|
TNM stage
| |
|
I
|
12
|
|
II
|
33
|
|
III
|
20
|
|
IV
|
3
|
|
Tumor differentiation
| |
|
Well
|
16
|
|
Moderate
|
39
|
|
Poor
|
13
|
|
Tumor number
| |
|
Solitary
|
54
|
|
Multiple
|
14
|
|
Tumor encapsulation
| |
|
Intact
|
39
|
|
Absent or not intact
|
29
|
|
Vascular invasion
| |
|
Present
|
29
|
|
Absent
|
39
|
- Abbreviations: AFP, alpha fetoprotein; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; TMN, tumor, node, metastasis.
