Outcome of transarterial chemoembolization-based multi-modal treatment in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients n (%)

Variables	All (n = 146)	Treatment group (n = 119)	Conservative group (n = 27)	P value
Age (yr)	52 (30-79)	52 (30-77)	58 (41-79)	0.014
Gender, male	130 (89.0)	111 (93.3)	19 (70.4)	0.002
Etiologies, n				0.385
HBV/HCV/Alcohol/others	115/7/8/16	95/4/7/13	20/3/1/3
AFP (ng/mL)	546.7 (0.7-5719.0)	471.2 (0.7-5719.0)	1210.0 (3.1-2613.0)	0.652
Maximal tumor size (cm)	12.0 (10.0-20.0)	12.0 (10.0-20.0)	11.2 (10.0-17.0)	0.459
Tumor type				0.551
Well-demarcated	99 (67.8)	82 (68.9)	17 (63.0)
Poorly-demarcated	47 (32.2)	37 (31.1)	10 (37.0)
Location of main tumor				0.369
Left	24 (16.4)	18 (15.1)	6 (22.2)
Right	122 (83.6)	101 (84.9)	21 (77.8)
PVT				0.637
Present	108 (74.0)	89 (74.8)	19 (70.4)
Absent	38 (26.0)	30 (25.2)	8 (29.6)
Stage, modified UICC				0.491
Stage III	67 (45.9)	53 (44.5)	14 (51.9)
Stage IV-A	79 (54.1)	66 (55.5)	13 (48.1)

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; PVT: Portal vein thrombosis; UICC: Union for International Cancer Control.

Citation: Song DS, Nam SW, Bae SH, Kim JD, Jang JW, Song MJ, Lee SW, Kim HY, Lee YJ, Chun HJ, You YK, Choi JY, Yoon SK. Outcome of transarterial chemoembolization-based multi-modal treatment in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(8): 2395-2404
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