Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
| Cases |
Available tissue |
Cirrhosis |
Risk factors for chronic liver disease* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Non-malignant liver tissues | Tumor | Non-cirrhosis | Cirrhosis | UKa | HBV | HC | HCV | Alcohol | Allagile's syndrome | Nil | |
| Total | 54 | 47 | 45 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Australia | 23 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Southern Africa | 31 | 28 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 30 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
a
UK – Unknown – no clinical data available.
*
HBV – Hepatitis B; HC – Haemochromatosis; HCV – Hepatitis C; Nil – No identified cause of chronic liver disease.