Table 1.
Demographic and disease characteristics (n = 38)
| Disease characteristics | Number of cases |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| < 60 | 15 |
| ≥ 60 | 23 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 29 |
| Female | 9 |
| ECOG (at start of therapy) | |
| 0 | 29 |
| 1 | 8 |
| Tumor size (cm) | |
| ≤ 5 | 19 |
| > 5 | 19 |
| Cirrhosisa | |
| Yes | 25 |
| No | 13 |
| Distant metastasis | |
| Yes | 25 |
| No | 13 |
| Prior surgery | |
| Yes | 16 |
| No | 22 |
| Prior systemic therapy | |
| Yes | 9 |
| No | 29 |
| Prior local ablative therapyb | |
| Yes | 10 |
| No | 28 |
| CLIP scorec | |
| 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 |
aAll Child–Pugh A
bDifferent locally applied methods including transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), radio frequency ablation (RFA), ethanol ablation (PEI) and thermal ablation
cLog-rank test was performed between CLIP score groups 0 and 1 versus 2–4, n.s. not significant