Table 1.
Practice Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Survey Respondents
| Characteristic | No. of Patients(N = 336) | % |
|---|---|---|
| Practice type | ||
| Academic practice or university hospital staff | 284 | 85 |
| Private practice or community hospital staff | 52 | 15 |
| Years in practice | ||
| Median | 10 | |
| IQR | 4-17 | |
| Fellowship training | ||
| HPB with LT | 112 | 33 |
| HPB without LT | 35 | 10 |
| Surgical oncology | 86 | 26 |
| Transplantation | 142 | 42 |
| None of the above | 22 | 7 |
| No. of patients annually evaluated for HCC | ||
| Median | 30 | |
| IQR | 20-60 | |
| Perform liver resection for HCC | ||
| Yes | 315 | 94 |
| No | 21 | 6 |
| Perform radiofrequency ablation for HCC | ||
| Yes | 267 | 79 |
| No | 69 | 21 |
| Perform liver transplantation for HCC | ||
| Yes | 181 | 54 |
| No | 155 | 46 |
| Annual liver procedure volumes for HCC* | ||
| Liver resection | ||
| Median | 5 | |
| IQR | 4-15 | |
| Radiofrequency ablation | ||
| Median | 5 | |
| IQR | 3-15 | |
| Liver transplantation | ||
| Median | 10 | |
| IQR | 8-20 | |
| HCC cases discussed at multidisciplinary tumor board | ||
| Yes | 311 | 93 |
| No | 25 | 7 |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; HPB, hepato-pancreato-biliary; LT, liver transplantation; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.
*
For non-zero volumes only.