Table 1.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients enrolled in this study.

Variables	n
Gender
Male	24 (75.00%)
Female	8 (25.00%)
Age (years)
Median	55
Range	37–76
Type of Chronic hepatitis
Hepatitis B	28 (87.50%)
Hepatitis C	4 (12.50%)
Child-Pugh score
7	17 (53.13%)
8	7 (21.87%)
9	4 (12.50%)
10	4 (12.50%)
Maximum diameter of tumor (cm)
Median	2.80
Range	1.40–5.60
AFP (ng/ml)
Median	13.66
Range	1.42–23758
With previous treatment
Yes	9 (28.12%)
No	23 (71.88%)