Table I.

Clinical characteristic of five patients with HCC in the Asan Medical Center.

Patients	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5
Grading	Grade III	Grade III	Grade III	Grade III	Grade III
Gender	F	M	M	M	F
Age (years)	38	54	62	65	68
Risk Factors	HBV	HBV	HBV	HBV	HBV
AST (U/l)	174	82	133	191	190
ALT (U/l)	128	72	87	147	137
Albumin (g/dl)	3.5	3.6	3.3	3.0	2.8
Tumor size (cm)	3.7×3.3×3.3	2.4×1.5×1.0	4.5×4.0×3.3	11.6×10.8×9.6	14.2×10.8×7.5

P, patient; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.