Table 2.

The Reasons of Contraindication for Resection and Ablation Therapy.

	SBRT Alone (n = 28)	SBRT + TACE (n = 122)
Contraindications for resection
Insufficient postoperative liver function	5	52
Other comorbidities (heart failure, renal failure, brain infarction, bleeding tendency, COPD)	9	32
Old age (>75)	7	20
Reject	7	19
Contraindications for ablation therapy
HCC adjacent to or invading main vessel or biliary system	5	30
HCC abutting the diaphragm	6	46
HCC abutting the intestine	1	6
Ultrasound invisible	2	11
Insufficient postoablative liver function	0	7
Old age (>75)	2	2
Other comorbidities (heart failure, renal failure, brain infarction, bleeding tendency, COPD)	7	16
Reject	5	4

Abbreviations: HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; TACE, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; SBRT, stereotactic body radiotherapy.