Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of enrolled patients.

Clinical characteristics	No. of patients
Age, years
≥ 50	38
< 50	10
Gender
Male	43
Female	5
HBsAg
Positive	39
Negative	9
Liver cirrhosis
Yes	40
No	8
AFP, ng/ml
≥ 20	26
< 20	22
ALT, U/L
≥ 75	16
< 75	32
No. of tumors
Single	38
Multiple	10
Tumor size
Small HCC	25
Large HCC	23
Child-Pugh score
A	48
B	0
BCLC stage
A	47
B	1