Table 1. Characteristics of recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Characteristic | Recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma (n=139) |
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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.