Review of 336 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at Songklanagarind Hospital

Table 1 HCC patient characteristics

Patient characters		n	%	Mean	Range
Age (years)	All			54.4	20-89
	Male			54.3	20-89
	Female			55.0	20-81
Sex	Male	276	82.0
	Female	60	18.0
Risk factors	Alcohol drinking	126	38.0
	HBsAg positive (299 sample)	217	72.6
	anti-HCV positive (135 sample)	10	7.4
	Cirrhosis	219	65.2
Liver function test	Total bilirubin (μmol·L-1)			63.8	3.4-752.4
	Direct bilirubin (μmol·L-1)			38.8	0.5-581.4
	Aspatate aminotransferase (U·L-1)			225	17-3890
	Alanine aminotransferase (U·L-1)			97	4-3370
	Alkaline phosphatase (U·L-1)			304	8-2080
	Albumin (g·L-1)			35.6	20-52
	Globulin (g·L-1)			38.2	18-78
Radiologic finding	Solitary type (total)	240	73.0
(n = 329)	with daughter nodules	144	43.8
	without daughter nodules	96	29.2
	Multinodular type	47	14.3
	Diffuse or infiltrative type	42	12.7
Alpha fetoprotein (μg·L-1) (n = 295)					1451102-7990000
	< 10	38	13.0
	10-99	36	12.0
	100-499	33	11.0
	≥ 500	188	64.0
Okuda's staging	Stage I	51	15.0
	Stage II	205	61.0
	Stage III	80	24.0