Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	HCC (n = 10 )	LM-CRC (n = 18 )
Sex (male/female)	8 /2	12/6
Age (years)	55.1 ± 6 .8	67.4 ± 1 .9
Race (Caucasian/Asian/African)	9/0/1	18/0/0
ALT (units/L)	48.2 ± 8.6	27.9 ± 3.6
Bilirubin (µmol/L)	14.0 ± 4.5	8.7 ± 3 .4
Prothrombin time (INR)	1.2 ± 0.03	1.0 ± 0 .01
Liver fibrosis (metavir score) F0-F1 /F2 /F3-F4-cirrhosis	9 /0 /1	18 /0 /0
Stage of disease (TNM)	St I n = 7
St II n = 3	St IVa n = 18

Etiology of liver disease in HCC patients: 6 no known liver disease, 1 hemochromatosis, 1 porphyria, 1 hepatitis B virus, 1 cirrhosis ECI.

INR= international normalized ratio.

Where applicable: mean ± SEM.