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. 2015 Aug 10;49(5):373–381. doi: 10.4132/jptm.2015.07.09

Table 1.

Clinicopathologic characteristics of the HCC patients (n = 190)

Characteristic No. (%)
Age (yr) 58.1 ± 11.8
Sex
 Male 151 (79.5)
 Female 39 (20.1)
Etiology
 Hepatitis B 136 (71.6)
 Hepatitis C 17 (8.9)
 Alcohol 8 (4.2)
 Others 30 (15.8)
Serum alpha-fetoprotein (IU/mL) 1,634.6 ± 4,590.4
Serum PIVKA-II (AU/mL) 661.2 ± 1,528.9
Multiplicity
 Absent 106 (55.8)
 Present 31 (16.3)
 Tumor size (cm)a 4.6 ± 3.0
Edmondson-Steiner grade
 I 1 (0.5)
 II 47 (24.7)
 III 122 (64.2)
 IV 20 (10.5)
Microvascular invasion
 Absent 116 (61.1)
 Present 74 (38.9)
Major vessel invasionb
 Absent 168 (88.4)
 Present 22 (11.6)
Follow-up
 Recurrencec 102 (53.7)
 Deaths due to HCC 24 (12.6)

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%).

HCC, hepatocellular carcinomas.

a

Size of largest tumor in case of multiple tumors;

b

Main or first order branches of portal vein and/or one or more of right, middle or left hepatic veins;

c

Local recurrence or distant metastasis.