Table II. Prognostic variables used in the staging systems in hepatocellular carcinoma.
| Variables | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification |
Tumor stage |
Liver function |
Health status |
| Okuda stage 7 | 50% liver involvement | Bilirubin | – |
| Albumin | |||
| Ascites | |||
| French 26 | Portal invasion | Bilirubin | Karnofsky |
| AFP | Alkaline phosphatase | ||
| CLIP 27 | Portal invasion | Child-Pugh | – |
| </ > 50% liver involvement | |||
| AFP | |||
| BCLC 4,11 | Portal invasion | Child-Pugh | PST |
| Metastases | Portal hypertension | ||
| Morphology | Bilirubin. | ||
| Okuda | |||
| CUPI 28 | TNM | Ascites | Symptoms |
| AFP | Bilirubin | ||
| Alkaline phosphatase | |||
| TNM 29 | Morphology | Fibrosis | – |
| Vascular invasion | |||
| Metastases | |||
| JIS score 30 | TNM | Child-Pugh | – |
| ER 31 | Estrogen receptor | – | – |