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. 2016 Oct;5(5):399–407. doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2016.08.05

Table 1. Characteristics of recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Characteristic Recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma (n=139)
Pretransplant factors
   Gender (male/female) 107/32
   Model for end-stage liver disease score [range] 13 [2–34]
   Child-Pugh score [range] 9 [5–14]
   Child-Pugh classification [%]
      Child A 10 [7]
      Child B 65 [47]
      Child C 64 [46]
   Diseases [%]
      HBV 40 [29]
      HCV 84 [60]
      HBV, HCV co-infection 2 [1]
      Alcohol 5 [4]
      Other 8 [6]
   Biological marker [range]
      Alpha-fetoprotein (ng/mL) 241 [1–11,999]
      Des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (mAU/mL) 290 [60–13,248]
      Carcinoembryonic antigen (ng/mL) 6 [1.2–17.0]
   Pretransplant treatments [%]
      Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization 64 [46]
      Radiofrequency ablation 27 [16]
      Percutaneous ethanol injection therapy 21 [15]
      Liver resection 13 [10]
      Chemoembolization 2 [2]
      Proton therapy 1 [1]
   Tumor number (pretransplant) [range] 1.9 [0–14]
   Tumor size (pretransplant) [range] (cm) 2.2 [0–8]
   Within Milan criteria (pretransplant) [%] 117 [84]
   Within Tokyo criteria (pretransplant) [%] 117 [84]
   Tumor number (explants) [range] 3 [0–19]
   Tumor size (cm) (explants) [range] 2.0 [0.5–11.0]
   Differentiation [%]
      Well differentiated 67 [48]
      Moderately differentiated 55 [40]
      Poorly differentiated 17 [12]
Intraoperative factors [range]
   Operation time (min) 897 [604–1,890]
   Total blood loss (mL) 7,403 [568–53,853]
   Graft volume (g) 571 [361–880]
   Graft volume ratio to standard liver volume (%) 47 [31–68]

HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus.