Table 1. Clinical features of the HCC patients recruited.
Variables | N (total 25) | % |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 20 | 80 |
Female | 5 | 20 |
Aetiology disease | ||
HBV | 1 | 4 |
HCV | 16 | 65 |
Alcohol (+/− viruses) | 8 | 31 |
AFP | ||
<20 ngdl−1 | 8 | 31 |
20–200μgl−1 | 10 | 42 |
>200 μgl−1 | 7 | 27 |
Lesion number | ||
1–3 | 7 | 29 |
>3 | 18 | 71 |
Tumour size | ||
<5 cm | 19 | 74 |
>5 cm | 6 | 26 |
Edmonson's grade of differentiation(in patients biopsied) | ||
Well differentiated | 5 | 71 |
Moderately differentiated | 2 | 29 |
Abbreviations: AFP, α-fetoprotein; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus.