Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Variables	No of patients	%
Gender
Male	92	88.5
Female	12	11.5
Age (years)
<55	51	49.0
≥55	53	51.0
ECOG
0–1	29	27.9
2	75	72.1
Diagnosis
Clinical	51	49.0
Pathological	53	51.0
TNM stage
I	2	1.9
II	11	10.6
III	83	79.8
IV	8	7.7
Portal vein tumor thrombus
Yes	17	16.3
No	87	83.7
HBV
+	100	96.2
−	4	3.8
Child–Pugh class
A	94	90.4
B	10	9.6

Abbreviations: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; HBV, hepatitis B virus; TNM, tumor, node, metastasis.