Table 1.

General Characteristics and Ultrasonographic Features of the Studied Groups

	TACE+RFA (n. 22)	TACE+Microwave (n. 45)	P value
Age (years)	58.9+ 6.4	58.3+ 7.8	0.7
Gender
Male	18 (81.8%)	38 (84.4%)	0.7
Female	4 (18.2%)	7 (15.6%)
Child-Pugh class
Class A	13(59.1%)	25 (55.6%)	0.7
Class B	9 (40.9%)	20 (44.6%)
Performance status
0	8 (36.4%)	19 (42.2%)	0.7
1	12 (54.5%)	20 (44.4)
2	1 (4.5%)	5 (11.1%)
3	1(4.5%)	1 (2.2%)
Serum AFP† U/ml	49(3.7-5,470)	35.1 (1-2,823)	0.5
Number of tumors
Single	9 (40.9%)	26 (57.8%)	0.2
Two	6 (27.3%)	5 (11.1%)
Three	7 (31.8%)	14 (31.1%)
Site of tumors
Left lobe	3 (13.3%)	5 (11.1%)	0.9
Right lobe	15 (82.2%)	32 (71.1%)
Both lobes	4 (4.4%)	8 (17.8%)
Size of tumors (cm)	4.6+1.9	4.2+1.9	0.4
Size of tumors
≤ 3cm	6 (28.6%)	17 (37.8%)	0.4
3-5cm	15 (71.4%)	28 (62.2%)

^†median and range