Table 3.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
1 Age range: 18–75 years	Age < 18 or > 75 years
2 HCC diagnosed according to EASL standards	No pathology or image evidence
3 Child–Pugh grade A or B	Child–Pugh grade C
3 BCLC grades are A and B	BCLC grades are C
4 ECOG score≦2	ECOG score > 2
4 Liver lesions ≤3	The liver lesions number > 3
5 Single tumour diameter < 5 cm	Single tumour diameter≧5
6 The expected survival time > 3 months	The expected survival time ≤ 3 months
7 No portal vein thrombus	Portal vein thrombus
8 No extrahepatic metastases	Extrahepatic metastases
9 PLT > 40 × 109/L or PT ≤25 s	PLT ≤ 40 × 109/L or PT > 25 s

EASL European Association for the Study of the Liver, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, PLT platelet, PT prothrombin time, HCC small hepatocellular carcinoma