Effectiveness and safety of sequential transarterial chemoembolization and microwave ablation for subphrenic hepatocellular carcinoma: A comprehensive evaluation

Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Age range 18-75 years	Age < 18 years or > 75 years
HCC diagnosis according to AASLD guideline	No pathology or image evidence
Child-Pugh grade A or B	Child-Pugh grade C
BCLC grades A and B	BCLC grade C
ECOG score ≤ 2	ECOG score > 2
Tumor number ≤ 2	Tumor number > 2
Tumor diameter ≤ 6 cm	Tumor diameter > 6 cm
The nonsubphrenic tumor diameter ≤ 2 cm	The nonsubphrenic tumor diameter > 2 cm
No intrahepatic vascular invasion	Intrahepatic vascular invasion
PLT > 40 × 109	PLT ≤ 40 × 109

AASLD: American Association for Liver Disease; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; PLT: Platelet; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.