Table 1.

Clinical characteristic of the 37 patients with advanced HCC and HCV cirrhosis

Mean age	Group S: 68.3 yr
	Group L: 66.6 yr
Gender	Group S: 10 males, 15 females
	Group L: 15 males, 7 females
Child-Pugh classification	Group S A: 6, B: 7, C: 2
	Group L A: 11, B: 9, C: 2
Stage	Group S III: 2, IVA: 12, IVB: 1
	(Vp3: 4, Vp4: 1, vv2: 0)
	Group L III: 1, IVA: 14, IVB: 7
	(Vp3: 3, Vp4: 0, vv2: 1)
JIS score	Group S 3: 7, 4: 7, 5: 1
	Group L 3: 12, 4: 8, 5: 2