Concomitant lung metastasis in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2012; 18(20): 2533-2539
Published online May 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i20.2533

Table 2 Characteristics of intrahepatic tumor and lung metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma patients presenting with lung metastasis (mean ± SD) n (%)

	Total (n = 76)	Untreated group (n = 22)	Single treated group (n = 19)	Combined treated group (n = 35)	P value
Intrahepatic tumor
Maximum tumor diameter (cm)	9.3 ± 3.0	10.7 ± 3.2	9.7 ± 2.8	8.2 ± 2.5	0.007
Tumor number
Solitary	29 (38.2)	9 (40.9)	6 (31.6)	14 (40.0)	0.791
Multiple/diffuse	47 (61.8)	13 (59.1)	13 (68.4)	21 (60.0)
Tumor location
Right	39 (51.3)	13 (59.1)	8 (42.1)	18 (51.4)	0.834
Left	15 (19.7)	4 (18.2)	4 (21.1)	7 (20.0)
Both	22 (28.9)	5 (22.7)	7 (36.8)	10 (28.6)
Portal vein tumor thrombus
Absence	54 (71.1)	14 (63.6)	12 (63.2)	28 (80.0)	0.283
Presence	22 (28.9)	8 (36.4)	7 (36.8)	7 (20.0)
Hepatic vein tumor thrombus
Absence	67 (88.2)	19 (86.4)	15 (78.9)	33 (94.2)	0.238
Presence	9 (11.8)	3 (13.6)	4 (21.1)	2 (5.7)
Lung metastasis
Number of metastasis
Solitary	17 (22.4)	4 (18.2)	3 (15.8)	10 (28.6)	0.479
Multiple	59 (77.6)	18 (81.8)	16 (84.2)	25 (71.4)
Location of metastasis
Right lung lobe	28 (36.8)	6 (27.3)	8 (42.1)	14 (40.0)	0.721
Left lung lobe	13 (17.1)	4 (18.2)	2 (10.5)	7 (20.0)
Bialteral lung lobes	35 (46.1)	12 (54.5)	9 (47.4)	14 (40.0)
Maximum metastasis diameter (cm)	2.5 ± 0.9	2.6 ± 0.9	2.2 ± 1.2	2.5 ± 0.8	0.445

Citation: Yang T, Lu JH, Lin C, Shi S, Chen TH, Zhao RH, Wang Y, Wu MC. Concomitant lung metastasis in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(20): 2533-2539
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v18/i20/2533.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i20.2533