Table 1.

Clinicopathological features of the study population (n = 31)

Gender (Male/female)	29/2
Age (mean/range) (yr)	49/37-62
Primary liver disease (HBV cirrhosis/HCV cirrhosis)	30/1
TNM stage (I-II/III-IVa)	12/19
Milan criteria (within/beyond)	15/16
Tumor diameter (< 5 cm/≥ 5 cm)	16/15
Tumor number (< 3/≥ 3)	26/5
Vascular invasion (present/absent)	16/15
Serum AFP (≤ 20 μg/L/> 20 μg/L)	11/20
Histological differentiation (good/moderate and poor)	6/25

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; TNM: Tumor, node and metastasis; AFP: α fetoprotein.