Table 1.
Patient demographics and clinical characteristics
| No. of patient (%) | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | (n=56) |
| Age, median (range) | 65 years (21-91 years) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 49 (88) |
| Female | 7 (12) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Caucasian | 36 (64) |
| Latino | 10 (18) |
| African American | 7 (13) |
| Asian | 3 (5) |
| ECOG performance status | |
| 0-1 | 45 (80) |
| 2-3 | 9 (16) |
| Unknown | 2 (4) |
| Tumor differentiation | |
| Well | 8 (14) |
| Moderately | 18 (32) |
| Poorly | 6 (11) |
| Unknown | 24 (43) |
| Hepatitis infection | |
| HBV | 6 (11) |
| HCV | 20 (36) |
| HBV and HCV | 1 (1) |
| None | 29 (52) |
| Cirrhosis | |
| Yes | 33 (59) |
| No | 23 (41) |
| Varices | |
| Yes | 15 (27) |
| No | 41 (73) |
| Endovascular invasion | |
| Yes | 30 (54) |
| No | 26 (46) |
| Child-Pugh score | |
| A | 37 (66) |
| B | 17 (30) |
| C | 1 (2) |
| Unknown | 1 (2) |
| TNM stage | |
| I | 6 (11) |
| II | 8 (14) |
| III | 18 (32) |
| IV | 24 (43) |
| CLIP score | |
| 0 | 8 (14) |
| 1 | 8 (14) |
| 2 | 12 (21) |
| 3 | 14 (25) |
| 4 | 4 (8) |
| 5 | 3 (5) |
| Unknown | 7 (13) |
| BCLC stage | |
| 0 | 1 (2) |
| A | 4 (7) |
| B | 6 (11) |
| C | 42 (75) |
| D | 3 (5) |
BCLC, Barcelona-Clinic Liver Cancer; CLIP, Cancer of the Liver Italian Program; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus.