Table 2. Clinical characteristics of HCC cases included in SYSUCC cohort (N=72).
| Patient characteristics | N |
| Age at surgery (Mean) | |
| <45 | 36 |
| ≥45 | 36 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 11 |
| Male | 61 |
| Tumor number | |
| 1 | 53 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 |
| Tumor size(diameter) | |
| <1cm | 45 |
| 1~2cm | 17 |
| >2cm | 10 |
| Clinical Stage | |
| I | 32 |
| II | 18 |
| III | 7 |
| IV | 15 |
| Differentiation grade | |
| Low | 3 |
| Moderate | 38 |
| High | 31 |
| Outcomes | |
| Short-survivors (<18 m) | 25 |
| Long-survivors (≥18 m) | 47 |