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. 2020 Jan 5;50(1):15–46. doi: 10.1111/hepr.13438

Table 6.

Imaging diagnosis

Hepatocellular carcinoma

n (%)

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

n (%)

Combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma

n (%)

Maximum diameter of primary tumor n = 18 524 n = 901 n = 142
≤1 cm 995 (5.4) 22 (2.4) 1 (0.7)
>1 cm to ≤2 cm 5367 (29.0) 102 (11.3) 13 (9.2)
>2 cm to ≤3 cm 4354 (23.5) 179 (19.9) 27 (19.0)
>3 cm to ≤5 cm 3733 (20.2) 246 (27.3) 41 (28.9)
>5 cm to ≤10 cm 2841 (15.3) 279 (31.0) 42 (29.6)
>10 cm to ≤15 cm 898 (4.8) 60 (6.7) 14 (9.9)
>15 cm to ≤20 cm 232 (1.3) 12 (1.3) 4 (2.8)
>20 cm to ≤25 cm 73 (0.4) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0)
>25 cm 31 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
No. tumors n = 18 629 n = 923 n = 139
1 11 424 (61.3) 690 (74.8) 84 (60.4)
2 3150 (16.9) 69 (7.5) 20 (14.4)
3 1236 (6.6) 27 (2.9) 7 (5.0)
4 524 (2.8) 18 (2.0) 3 (2.2)
5 276 (1.5) 4 (0.4) 2 (1.4)
≥6 2019 (10.8) 115 (12.5) 23 (16.5)
Multifocal disease n = 14 184 n = 669 n = 121
Single lobe 10 222 (72.1) 534 (79.8) 89 (73.6)
Both lobes 3962 (27.9) 135 (20.2) 32 (26.4)

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Morphological classification of primary tumor on imaging

n = 17 276
Nodular 15 307 (88.6)
Massive 1308 (7.6)
Diffuse 599 (3.5)
Other 62 (0.4)
Arterial phase enhancement n = 17 642 n = 823 n = 135
No 1214 (6.9) 440 (53.5) 16 (11.9)
Yes 16 428 (93.1) 383 (46.5) 119 (88.1)
Venous phase washout n = 16 180 n = 729 n = 113
No 1489 (9.2) 543 (74.5) 26 (23.0)
Yes 14 691 (90.8) 186 (25.5) 87 (77.0)
Internal component of tumor n = 16 941 n = 761 n = 137
Solid 16 793 (99.1) 738 (97.0) 136 (99.3)
Cystic 148 (0.9) 23 (3.0) 1 (0.7)
Portal vein invasion by imaging n = 17 855 n = 854 n = 137
Vp0 15 669 (87.8) 580 (67.9) 97 (70.8)
Vp1 579 (3.2) 61 (7.1) 10 (7.3)
Vp2 463 (2.6) 78 (9.1) 9 (6.6)
Vp3 616 (3.5) 102 (11.9) 15 (10.9)
Vp4 528 (3.0) 33 (3.9) 6 (4.4)
Hepatic vein invasion by imaging n = 17 263 n = 808 n = 133
Vv0 16 401 (95.0) 683 (84.5) 119 (89.5)
Vv1 305 (1.8) 45 (5.6) 6 (4.5)
Vv2 295 (1.7) 60 (7.4) 4 (3.0)
Vv3 262 (1.5) 20 (2.5) 4 (3.0)
Bile duct invasion by imaging n = 17 039 n = 801 n = 133
B0 16 569 (97.2) 488 (60.9) 113 (85.0)
B1 195 (1.1) 76 (9.5) 6 (4.5)
B2 121 (0.7) 99 (12.4) 6 (4.5)
B3 96 (0.6) 91 (11.4) 5 (3.8)
B4 58 (0.3) 47 (5.9) 3 (2.3)
Tumor rupture n = 18 337 n = 759 n = 144
No rupture 17 853 (97.4) 753 (99.2) 144 (100.0)
Suspected rupture 316 (1.7) 3 (0.4) 0 (0.0)
Rupture 168 (0.9) 3 (0.4) 0 (0.0)
Extrahepatic spread n = 1091 n = 264 n = 41
Lung 319 48 6
Bone 204 22 2
Adrenal gland 67 6 2
Lymph node 410 148 27
Brain 11 1 0
Peritoneum 44 21 3
Other 36 18 1
Percentages not calculated as multiple sites were allowed
Esophageal/gastric varices n = 4195 n = 30 n = 15
≤F1, RC (−) 2428 (57.9) 21 (70.0) 9 (60.0)
≥F2, RC (+) 1503 (35.8) 8 (26.7) 5 (33.3)
Rupture 264 (6.3) 1 (3.3) 1 (6.7)
TNM Stage by LCSGJ n = 18 207 n = 882 n = 138
Stage I 4583 (25.2) 78 (8.8) 24 (17.4)
Stage II 7280 (40.0) 268 (30.4) 36 (26.1)
Stage III 4162 (22.9) 206 (23.4) 32 (23.2)
Stage IVA 1504 (8.3) 118 (13.4) 21 (15.2)
Stage IVB 678 (3.7) 212 (24.0) 25 (18.1)

For all parameters, n is the total number of patients excluding those in the “unknown” category, and (%) is the percentage of n.

B0, absence of invasion of the bile ducts; B1, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the third order or more peripheral branches of the bile duct, but not of second order branches; B2, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the second order branches of the bile duct; B3, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the first order branches of the bile duct; B4, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the common hepatic duct.; F1, small varices; F2, moderate varices; RC, red color sign; Vp0, absence of invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the portal vein; Vp1, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) distal to the second order branches of the portal vein, but not of the second order branches; Vp2, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) second order branches of the portal vein; Vp3, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) first order branches of the portal vein; Vp4, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the main trunk of the portal vein and/or contra‐lateral portal vein branch to the primarily involved lobe; Vv0, absence of invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the hepatic vein; Vv1, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) peripheral branches of the hepatic vein; Vv2, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the right, middle, or left hepatic vein, the inferior right hepatic vein, or the short hepatic vein; Vv3, invasion of (or tumor thrombus in) the inferior vena cava.