Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with chronic liver disease without cirrhosis or with CLD without cirrhosis treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA).
| Characteristics | HCC\ CLD without Cirrhosis Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Number of patients | 25 |
| Sex, females | 6 (24) |
| Age | 70.28±7.07 |
| range = 55-84 | |
| Etiology | HCV= 21 (84) |
| HBV= 1 (4) | |
| ETOX= 1 (4) | |
| Others= 2 (8) | |
| A-fetoprotein | 0-20 = 16 (80 ) |
| 21-100 = 3 (15 ) | |
| >100 = 1 (5 ) | |
| Total numbers of tumors | 29 (1.04 per patient) |
| 1 tumor = 21 (84) | |
| 2 tumors = 4 (16) | |
| Size of main tumor | 25.4±6.48 |
| range = 12-35 | |
| 1-20= 8 (32,0) | |
| >20 = 17 (68,0) | |
| US pattern of main tumor | IPER= 3 (12) |
| IPO= 19 (76) | |
| MX= 3 (12) | |
| Histology | Well differentiated= 13 |
| Poorly differentiated = 3 |