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. 2021 May 20;22(8):1289–1299. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.1394

Table 1. Clinical-Pathologic and Radiologic Characteristics of 90 Patients.

Characteristics Total (n = 90)
Mean age, years (range) 57 (38–84)
Sex, male:female 69:21
No. of treated HCCs per patient
1 76 (84.4)
2 13 (14.4)
3 1 (1.2)
Risk factors
Hepatitis B 67 (74.4)
Hepatitis C 8 (8.9)
Alcoholic liver disease 6 (6.7)
Hepatitis B and alcoholic liver disease 4 (4.4)
Hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease 1 (1.1)
Cryptogenic liver cirrhosis 4 (4.4)
Child-Pugh classification
A 82 (91.1)
B 8 (8.9)
Median serum AFP (range), ng/mL 16.9 (1.6–30741.3)
Pretreatment LI-RADS category*
LI-RADS 4 15 (14.3)
LI-RADS 5 82 (78.0)
LI-RADS M 1 (1.0)
LI-RADS TIV 7 (6.7)
Type of locoregional treatment*
Conventional TACE 60 (57.0)
RFA 25 (23.8)
TACE + RFA 13 (12.4)
DEB - TACE 3 (2.9)
TARE 2 (1.9)
PEA 1 (1.0)
DEB - TACE + RFA 1 (1.0)
Type of surgery
Surgical resection 35 (38.9)
Living donor liver transplantation 50 (55.6)
Deceased donor liver transplantation 5 (5.6)
Histopathologic necrosis, %
0 1 (1.0)
1–50 26 (26.3)
51–99 40 (40.4)
100% (pathologically nonviable) 32 (32.3)
Signal intensity on precontrast T1-WI*
Iso- or hypointensity 65 (61.9)
Hyperintensity 40 (38.1)

Data are number (%) of patients unless specified otherwise. *Data are number (%) of lesions out of a total number of 105 lesions, Six lesions were pathologically confirmed as viable HCC, but degree of necrosis was not reported in pathologic report. AFp = alpha-fetoprotein, DEB = drug-eluting beads, HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma, LI-RADS = Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System, PEA = percutaneous ethanol ablation, RFA = radiofrequency ablation, TACE = transarterial chemoembolization, TARE = transarterial radioembolization, TIV = tumor-in-vein, T1-WI = T1-weighted imaging