Table 1.
Characteristics of all patients (n = 21)
| Variables | All lesions (n = 21) (range) |
|---|---|
| Treatment duration, days (median) | 111 (range 15–443) |
| Age, years (median) | 71 (range 50–84) |
| Gender | |
| Male/female | 18/3 |
| Etiology | |
| HBV/HCV/alcohol/NASH | 2/12/4/3 |
| Child–Pugh classification | |
| A/B | 16/5 |
| Previous treatment y/n | 19 (TACE/RFA:17/14)/2 |
| Post-treatment, TAI or TACE/HAIC/none | 4/8/9 |
| BCLC, B/C | 12/9 |
| Vascular invasion, y/n | 4/17 |
| Extrahepatic metastasis, y/n | 5/16 |
| AFP, ng/mL (median) | 11.7 (range 1.7–34.8) |
| DCP, mAU/mL (median) | 149 (range 17–60,347) |
| NLR | 2.1 (1.2–6.3) |
HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, NASH non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, RFA radiofrequency ablation, TACE transarterial chemoembolization, TAI transarterial infusion, HAIC persistent hepatic transarterial infusion chemotherapy, BCLC Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, DCP des-γ-carboxy prothrombin, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio