Table 1.
Characteristics of 31 patients with liver cirrhosis and small HCC
| Parameter | |
| Sex (male:female) | 23:8 |
| Age (yr) (mean ± SD) | 63.8 ± 8.9 |
| Cause of cirrhosis | |
| HCV | 29 |
| Non-HCV | 2 |
| Liver dysfunction | |
| Child-Pugh A | 17 |
| Child-Pugh B | 14 |
| AFP level (μg/L) | |
| ≤ 20 | 15 |
| > 20 | 16 |
| Tumor multiplicity | |
| Uninodular | 21 |
| Multinodular | 10 |
| Tumor diameter (mm) (mean ± SD) | 11.9 ± 2.4 |
| ≤ 10 | 12 |
| 11-15 | 19 |
| Histological characteristics | |
| Well-differentiated | 18 |
| Well to moderately differentiated | 13 |
| Arterial blood flow | |
| Positive | 9 |
| Negative | 13 |
| Portal blood flow | |
| Positive | 12 |
| Negative | 9 |