Table 1.

Etiologies and Demographics of HCC in Hong Kong

	Lai et al. (1981)64	Lai et al. (1987)65	Shiu et al. (1990)66	Leung et al. (1992)67	Yuen et al. (2000)50	Cheung et al. (2006)68
No.	211	186	340	424	306	223
HBV, %	-	75	-	80	79	78
HCV, %	-	-	-	3	4.9	6.3
HBV+HCV, %	-	-	-	3	1.3	0.4
Alcohol, %	-	-	-	-	5.6	5.8
Median age, yr	-	-	-	-	61	63
Male:female	-	5:1	-	-	4:1	4:1
Median survival	3.5 wk	8–10 wk	8 wk	-	11 mo	11 mo

HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus.