Table 2.
Patient demographics
| All patients (n=74) | Patients treated with LC Bead™ (n=40) | Patients treated with BeadBlock™ (n=34) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years); median (range) | 67 (29–87) | 67 (29–86) | 68 (50–87) | 0.470 |
| Gender | >0.999 | |||
| Male | 60 (81) | 32 (80) | 28 (82) | |
| Female | 14(19) | 8 (20) | 6 (18) | |
| Liver Disease | >0.999 | |||
| Hepatitis B virus | 15 (20) | 8 (20) | 7 (21) | |
| Hepatitis C virus | 24 (33) | 13 (33) | 11 (32) | |
| Other | 35 (47) | 19 (47) | 16 (47) | |
| Child-Pugh Class | 0.286 | |||
| A | 65 (88) | 37 (92) | 28 (82) | |
| B | 9 (12) | 3 (8) | 6 (18) | |
| Serum α-fetoprotein; median (range) | 23.9 (1.7– 51122.8) | 31.4 (1.7– 22506.2) | 18.9 (1.7– 51122.8) | 0.276 |
| ≤ 200 ng/ml | 52 (71) | 28 (70) | 24 (71) | >0.999 |
| > 200 ng/ml | 21 (28) | 11 (28) | 10 (29) | |
| unknown | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | |
| Total number of lesions; median (range) | 2 (1–6) | 2 (1–6) | 1.9 (1–4) | 0.723 |
| Distribution of lesions | >0.999 | |||
| Solitary | 36 (49) | 19 (48) | 17 (50) | |
| Multifocal | 38 (51) | 21 (52) | 17 (50) | |
| Lesions only in left liver | 16 (21) | 9 (22) | 7 (21) | |
| Lesions only in right liver | 39 (53) | 20 (50) | 19 (56) | |
| Lesions in both liver lobes | 19 (26) | 11 (28) | 8 (23) | |
| Number of follow up CTs | >0.999 | |||
| 1 | 74 (100) | 40 (54) | 34 (46) | |
| 2 | 70 (95) | 37 (93) | 33 (97) |
*
Unknown serum α-fetoprotein was not included in the test.