Table 1. Clinicopathological features of HCC patients.

Variable		No. of cases
No. of patients		30*
	Male	24
	Female	6
Age, mean ± SD		59±12.3
Etiology
	HBV	9
	HCV	5
	Alcohol use	8
	Unknown risk factor	8
Tumor differentiation
	Well	15
	Moderately	11
	Poorly	4
Tumor size
	<5 cm	14
	>5 cm	16
TNM Stage
	TI	14
	TII	6
	TIII	10
No. of nodules
	Unilocular	14
	Multilocular	16
Cirrhosis
	Yes	16
	No	14

^*Only patients with paired samples (tumor and surrounding tissue) are described here.