Table 2.
Comparison of background tumor characteristics between Egyptian and Japanese HCC patients
| Tumor characteristic | Egyptian | Japanese | P |
| (n = 65) | (n = 45) | ||
| Tumor multiplicity | |||
| Solitary | 25 (38) | 22 (49) | >0.2 |
| Multiple | 40 (62) | 23 (51) | 0.06 |
| Tumor size | |||
| <3 cm | 32 (49) | 20 (44) | >0.2 |
| 3:< 5cm | 15 (23) | 14 (31) | >0.2 |
| ≥5 cm | 18 (28) | 11 (25) | 0.13 |
| Metastases | 01 (2) >0.2 | ||
| Tumor grade1 | |||
| Well differentiated | 5 (16) | 2 (8) | >0.2 |
| Poorly differentiated | 5 (16) | 4 (16) | >0.2 |
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Tumor grade is analyzed in 32 of the Egyptian and 22 of the Japanese groups who passed HCC resection operation during the study period.