Table 1.
Patient and disease characteristics
| Characteristics | No. of patients (%) (n = 57) |
|---|---|
| Age (y) | |
| Median | 75 |
| Range | 49-89 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 33 (58) |
| Female | 24 (42) |
| Performance status | |
| 0 | 39 (68) |
| 1 | 17 (30) |
| 2 | 1 (2) |
| Viral infection | |
| HCV | 35 (61) |
| HBV | 5 (9) |
| Neither | 17 (30) |
| Child-Pugh classification | |
| A | 51 (89) |
| B | 6 (11) |
| No. of tumors | |
| Single | 56 (98) |
| Multiple | 1 (2) |
| Maximum tumor diameter (mm) | |
| Median | 33 |
| Range | 13-95 |
| Previous treatment for HCC | |
| No | 35 (61) |
| Yes | 22 (39) |
| Previous treatment for the target lesion | |
| No | 41 (72) |
| Yes | 16 (28) |
Abbreviations: HBV = hepatitis B virus; HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV = hepatitis C virus.