Table 1.
The clinicopathological characteristics of HCC patients.
| Clinical variable | N° | % |
|---|---|---|
| Age, mean ± SD, years | 72.0 ± 9.9 | |
| <50 | 2 | 3.5 |
| ≥50 | 55 | 96.5 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 44 | 77.2 |
| Female | 13 | 23.6 |
| Etiology | ||
| HBV | 13 | 22.8 |
| HCV | 19 | 33.3 |
| Others (NASH, potus, hemochromatosis) | 16 | 28.1 |
| healthy liver | 9 | 15.8 |
| Tumor number | ||
| Single | 49 | 86.0 |
| Multiple | 8 | 14.0 |
| Tumor size, cm | ||
| <3 | 20 | 35.1 |
| 3–5 | 17 | 29.8 |
| ≥5 | 20 | 35.1 |
| Microvascular invasion | ||
| Yes | 35 | 61.4 |
| no | 22 | 38.6 |
| Grading | ||
| G1 | 3 | 5.3 |
| G2 | 40 | 70.2 |
| G3 | 14 | 24.6 |
Clinical and pathological features of 57 paired tumor and adjacent non-tumor liver tissues collected from patients with HCC who underwent curative resection from 2011 to 2015 at the Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit of our institute.