Table 1.
Variable | Symptom Cluster | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Asymptomatic | Symptomatic | Fatigue | ||
Gender (%) | ||||
Male | 71 | 67 | 75 | 72 |
Female | 29 | 33 | 25 | 28 |
Age (years)* | ||||
Mean | 67.5 | 60.4 | 67.5 | 65 |
Range | 30–90 | 22–84 | 31–88 | 22–90 |
Ethnicity (%)a | ||||
Caucasian | 91 | 94 | 90 | 91 |
African American | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Hispanic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Diagnosis (%) | ||||
Hepatocellular | 88 | 75 | 87 | 84 |
Cholangio | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
Neuroendocrine | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Gallbladder | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Liver metastases | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Hepatitis (%)b | ||||
B | 7.6 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 6 |
C | 24.1 | 17.6 | 19.2 | 28 |
B and C | 3.8 | 5.9 | 9.6 | 8 |
Cirrhosis (%)b | 57 | 49 | 60 | 45 |
Tumor Size (cm) | ||||
Median | 5 | 6.2 | 6 | 7 |
Range | 0.9–21 | 1–22 | 0–18 | 0.5–22 |
Number of Lesions | ||||
Median | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Range | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Vascular invasion (%) | 25.3 | 27.5 | 35.6 | 24 |
Vascularity (%) | ||||
Hypervascular | 78 | 74 | 79 | 77 |
Hypovascular | 20 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
Mixed | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Treatment (%) | ||||
Transarterial Infusion | ||||
Chemotherapy | 80 | 83 | 69 | 77 |
90-Yttrium | 20 | 17 | 30 | 23 |
Survival (months) | ||||
Median | 9.9 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 8 |
Range | 0.4–52 | 0.9–63.5 | 0.8–91.2 | 0.4–91.2 |
P<0.001.
P<0.01.