Table 3:
Characteristics of Correctly Identified New HCC
| All N=55 |
Correctly Class. n= 45 |
Incorrect Class. n= 10 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New HCC, n (%) | 22 (40) | 13 (29) | 9 (90) | <0.001 |
| No HCC, n (%) | 33 (60) | 32 (71) | 1 (10) | |
| ŧLocation, n (%) | ||||
| I | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (11) | 0.32 |
| II/III | 4 (18) | 1 (8) | 3 (33) | |
| IVA/IVB | 2 (9) | 1 (8) | 1 (11) | |
| V/VI | 4 (18) | 3 (23) | 1 (11) | |
| VII/VIII | 11 (50) | 8 (62) | 3 (33) | |
| Year of Ablation, n (%) | ||||
| 2006–2010 | 15 (27) | 13 (29) | 2 (20) | 0.35 |
| 2011–2013 | 23 (42) | 20 (44) | 3 (30) | |
| 2014–2017 | 17 (31) | 12 (27) | 5 (50) | |
| Number of MRIs Prior to LT, mean (SD) | 2.2 (1.5) | 2.4 (1.5) | 1.6 (0.7) | 0.14 |
| 1 image, n (%) | 18 (33) | 13 (29) | 5 (50) | 0.44 |
| 2 images, n (%) | 22 (40) | 18 (40) | 4 (40) | |
| 3 images, n (%) | 10 (18) | 9 (20) | 1 (10) | |
| ≥ 4 images, n (%) | 5 (9) | 5 (11) | 0 | |
| Size, mean (SD) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.4) | 0.22 |
| <1 cm, n (%) | 5 (23) | 2 (15) | 3 (33) | 0.47 |
| 1 cm - 2 cm, n(%) | 16 (73) | 10 (77) | 6 (67) | |
| > 2 cm, n (%) | 1 (5) | 1 (8) | 0 | |
| Differentiation | ||||
| Well, n (%) | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (11) | 0.22 |
| Moderate, n (%) | 21 (95) | 13 (100) | 8 (89) | |
| Poor, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LVI, n (%) | 3 (14) | 2 (15) | 1 (11) | 0.77 |
| PNI, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Class. - Classification;
ŧ
Location is based on Couinaud classification of hepatic segments; SD - Standard Deviation; LVI - lymphovascular invasion; PNI - perineural invasion