Table 8.

Variables significant in studies including mostly compensated or mostly decompensated patients

Compensated cirrhosis (13 studies)				Decompensated cirrhosis (5 studies)
Variable	No. of significant studies	No. of studies evaluated	%	Variable	No. of significant studies	No. of studies evaluated	%
DCP	4	5	80	Tumour size	2	2	100
Bilirubin	4	5	80	AFP	2	2	100
Child–Pugh class	4	7	57	Albumin	2	3	67
AFP	4	11	36
CLIP	3	4	75
Treatment received	3	4	75
Tumour size	3	4	75

AFP, α-foetoprotein; CLIP, Cancer of the Liver Italian Program; DCP, des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin.