Table 1.
Patient characteristics (N = 6).
| Patient | A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumour factors | ||||||
| Number of lesions | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Size (mm) | 11 | 120 | 100 | 65 | 12 | 36 |
| Segment | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6/7 |
| serum AFP (ng/ml) | 176 | 37275 | 8211 | 37274 | 5 | 4 |
| Vp | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Liver functions | ||||||
| Child-Pugh score | 6 A | 5 A | 7 B | 5 A | 5 A | 5 A |
| ICG15 | 15.8 | 6.4 | 28.1 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 9.3 |
| DCP (mAU/ml) | 75 | <30 | 31000 | 85 | 999 | 331 |
| Aetiology of liver disease | ||||||
| Hepatitis B | + | − | − | + | − | + |
| Hepatitis C | + | − | − | − | + | − |
| Alcohol abuse | − | − | + | − | − | + |
| BMI$ | 19.8 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 22.1 | 17.7 | 28.0 |
| Staging | ||||||
| Okuda | 0–I | 0–I | 1–II | 0–I | 0–I | 0–I |
| BCLC | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| CLIP | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Abbreviations: ICG15: indocyanine green retention at 15 minutes; BMI: body mass index; AFP: alpha fetoprotein; DCP: des-γ-carboxy prothrombin; BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Staging System; CLIP: Cancer of the Liver Italian Program.
$BMI = body mass index; body weight (kg)/height (m) ^2.