Table 2.
Initial treatment modality according to the BCLC stage
| Treatment | BCLC stage 0 |
BCLC stage A |
BCLC stage B |
BCLC stage C |
BCLC stage D |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elderly | Non-elderly | Elderly | Non-elderly | Elderly | Non-elderly | Elderly | Non-elderly | Elderly | Non-elderly | |
| Surgical resection | 81 (13.9) | 281 (25.6) | 600 (26.3) | 1,427 (43.0) | 91 (11.0) | 158 (15.7) | 38 (4.2) | 150 (8.3) | 12 (1.3) | 30 (1.9) |
| Liver transplantation | 1 (0.2) | 9 (0.8) | 2 (0.1) | 28 (0.8) | 5 (0.6) | 20 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (0.3) | 4 (30.8) | 64 (4.0) |
| Local ablation therapy | 241 (41.4) | 414 (37.8) | 309 (13.5) | 424 (12.8) | 25 (3.0) | 36 (3.6) | 10 (1.1) | 23 (1.3) | 64 (6.8) | 78 (4.8) |
| Transarterial therapy | 229 (39.3) | 346 (31.6) | 1,059 (46.4) | 1,255 (37.8) | 522 (63.0) | 644 (63.8) | 317 (34.9) | 771 (42.9) | 287 (30.7) | 508 (31.6) |
| Systemic therapy | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 25 (1.1) | 30 (0.9) | 23 (2.8) | 37 (3.7) | 150 (16.5) | 381 (21.2) | 42 (4.5) | 123 (7.7) |
| External beam radiation therapy | 6 (1.0) | 7 (0.6) | 14 (0.6) | 10 (0.3) | 3 (0.4) | 7 (0.7) | 28 (3.1) | 81 (4.5) | 11 (1.2) | 41 (2.6) |
| Best supportive care | 24 (4.1) | 38 (3.5) | 274 (12.0) | 144 (4.3) | 160 (19.3) | 107 (10.6) | 365 (40.2) | 385 (21.4) | 514 (55.0) | 762 (47.4) |
Values are presented as number (%).
BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer.