Table 1.
Characteristics of the 610 patients who received curative resection for hepatocellular carcinoma
| Age (range) |
53.36 ± 10.09 (22 to 81) |
| Gender (male/female) |
480 (78.7%)/130 (21.3%) |
| Etiology |
|
| HBV |
476 (78.0%) |
| HCV |
26 (4.3%) |
| both |
8 (1.3%) |
| alcohol |
12 (2.1%) |
| idiopathic |
87 (14.3%) |
| Child-Pugh classification |
|
| A/B |
604 (99.0%)/6 (1.0%) |
| Cirrhosis |
318 (52.1%) |
| Serum albumin (g/dL) |
4.07 ± 0.51 (2.20 to 3.40) |
| AST (IU/L) |
41.93 ± 28.80 (10 to 321) |
| ALT (IU/L) |
42.30 ± 37.16 (3 to 425) |
| Operation |
|
| minor/major |
319 (52.3%)/291 (47.7%) |
| Perioperative bleeding |
|
| ≤ 1,000 cc/>1,000 cc |
426 (69.8%)/184 (30.2%) |
| Perioperative transfusion |
267 (43.8%) |
| Perioperative complication |
169 (27.7%) |
| Perioperative mortality |
12 (1.9%) |
| Resection margin |
|
| ≤ 1 cm/>1 cm |
235 (38.5%)/356 (58.4%) |
| Tumor size (cm) |
4.64 ± 2.81 (0.2 to 18.0) |
| Histologic differentiation |
|
| Edmondson-Steiner grade I to II |
358 (58.7%) |
| Edmondson-Steiner grade III to IV |
156 (25.6%) |
| AFP (IU/mL) |
2,541.38 ± 8,750.95 (0.46 to 83000.00) |
| Multiple tumors |
122 (20.0%) |
| Gross vascular invasion |
46 (7.5%) |
| Microscopic vascular invasion | 304 (49.8%) |
AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus.