Ultrasonogram of hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with outcome after radiofrequency ablation

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World J Hepatol. Dec 27, 2012; 4(12): 374-381
Published online Dec 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i12.374

Table 1 Comparison of patient characteristics according to B-mode ultrasound-based classification

	Type 1(n = 29)	Type 2b(n = 43)	Type 2c(n = 16)	P value
Age (yr)	66.4 ± 9.5	66.9 ± 8.7	69.3 ± 6.8	0.554
Gender (male/female)	23/6	25/18	8/8	0.085
HCV (positive/negative)	28/1	36/7	14/2	0.241
Number of tumors	1.2 ± 0.4	1.2 ± 0.5	1.6 ± 0.7	0.046
Size of tumor (mm)	22.5 ± 3.8	19.0 ± 5.2	23.1 ± 5.6	0.003
Child-Pugh classification (A/B)	16/13	31/12	9/7	0.272
Tumor stage (I/II/III)	10/15/4	28/13/2	4/7/5	0.006
Activity grade (A0, 1/2, 3)	7/22	14/29	10/6	0.032
Fibrosis stage (F0-2/3, 4)	8/21	10/33	7/9	0.298
AFP (ng/mL)	124 ± 246	118 ± 274	207 ± 406	0.564
AFP-L3 (%)	7.3 ± 17.0	5.8 ± 16.5	17.5 ± 25.5	0.098
DCP (mAU/mL)	223 ± 489	210 ± 482	299 ± 486	0.817

Data are presented as mean ± SD or n/N. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; AFP-L3: Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive alpha-fetoprotein; DCP: Des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin.

Citation: Moribata K, Tamai H, Shingaki N, Mori Y, Shiraki T, Enomoto S, Deguchi H, Ueda K, Inoue I, Maekita T, Iguchi M, Ichinose M. Ultrasonogram of hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with outcome after radiofrequency ablation. World J Hepatol 2012; 4(12): 374-381
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