Table 1.

Patients’ primary characteristics

Characteristics	Number
Total	29
Age (years), mean (range)	56 (33–75）
≤45 years	5
46–60 years	14
>60 years	10
Gender
Female	7
Male	22
Hepatitis
HBV	10
HCV	1
Liver cirrhosis
Yes	6
No	23
Comorbidities
Yes	16
No	13
AFP
≤20 µg l−1	27
>20 µg l−1	2
CA19-9
≤35 U ml−1	18
>35 U ml−1	11
Tumor number, total	58
Single	15
Multiple	14
Tumor size
≤3.0 cm	44
3.1–5.0 cm	13
>5.0 cm	5
Tumor lesions
Safe	36
Dangerous	22
Differentiation
High	0
Moderate	11
Low	12
Without	6
Follow-up (months), median (range)	18.43 (4.17–93.13)

AFF, alpha-fetoprotein.