Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with IMCC and HCC.

	IMCC(n = 36)	HCC(n = 54)	P Value
Age (years), mean ± SD	58.9 ± 10.0	57.3 ± 11.3	0.169
Male:Female	20:16	36:18	0.242
Size (mm), mean ± SD	52.1 mm ± 23.8	54.5 mm ± 27.2	0.876
Background liver			< 0.001
Fibrosis	2	18
Cirrhosis	7	36
Etiology			< 0.001
Hepatitis B	3	30
Hepatitis C	2	14
Alcoholism	4	10
Child–Pugh classification			< 0.001
A	7	39
B/C	2	15
AFP Level(ng/mL)	7.3(2.7–1031.0)	72.5(10.1–5050.0)	< 0.001

IMCC intrahepatic mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, SD standard deviation, AFP a-fetoprotein.