Macrophage colony-stimulating factor expressed in non-cancer tissues provides predictive powers for recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Clinicopathological features of the patients

Clinicopathological features
Patients	n = 77
Gender	male : female = 38 : 10
Age (yr)	mean = 66.6 (44-85)
Virus infection	HCV : HBV : NBNC = 72 : 4 : 1
UICC-TNM classification	I : II : IIIA : IIIB = 41 : 32 : 3 : 1
Tumor number	single : multiple : unknown = 48 : 28 : 1
Tumor size (cm)	mean = 3.0 (1.0-9.5)
Portal vein invasion	yes : no : unknown = 7 : 68 : 2
Tumor differentiation	well : mod : poor : unknown = 18 : 44 : 13 : 2
Number of platelet (× 104)	mean = 13.4 (3.8-28.1)
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (U/L)	mean = 50.9 (16-207)
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	mean = 0.9 (0.3-1.9)
Prothrombin activity (%)	mean = 77.1 (33.0-104.0)
Indocyanine green R15 (%)	mean = 19.1 (6.0-44.4)
Alpha-fetoprotein (ng/mL)	mean = 389.6 (1.8-602.6)

From July 2000 to June 2008, consecutive patients in the University of Yamanashi Hospital (Yamanashi, Japan) who (1) were diagnosed as having HCC and (2) underwent curative resection surgery, were enrolled in this study.